Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tashiku'ergan Co. (Taxkorgan Co.; Tashqurqan Co.), Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tashiku'ergan Co. (Taxkorgan Co.; Tashqurqan Co.), Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Daftar (Dabtar)
Kukexiluke
Zankan Fe Deposit

Latitude: 37°30'55"N
Longitude: 75°41'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.515277777778,75.684166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstenite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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: Ag Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	44375,44379	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44381	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44381	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44375	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	44371	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	44373,44375,44376,44377,44381	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	44373,44375,44376,44378,44379	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	44376,44381	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	44375,44381	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44377	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44381	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44380	2228
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44381	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	44373,44375,44381	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	44373,44375,44376,44377,44378,44379	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44376	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44381	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44381	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	44375,44376,44377,44378,44379,44380,44381	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	44373,44374,44375,44376,44377,44378,44379,44380,44381	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	44375,44377	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44381	2562
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	1	44375	28
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	44381	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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