Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shuimogou Cu-Au Deposit, Zhaosu Co., Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuimogou Cu-Au Deposit, Zhaosu Co., Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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