Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gongnaisigou, Hejing Co. (Xejing Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gongnaisigou, Hejing Co. (Xejing Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
A'ershansala Cu-Fe Deposit
Aiketao Cu-Fe Deposit
Balatao Cu Deposit (Balataosala Cu Deposit)
Chagangnuo'er Fe-Cu Deposit (Chagannuo'er Fe-Cu Deposit; Chagannur Fe-Cu Deposit)
Nu'ertao Cu-Fe Deposit
Shengli Cu Deposit
Songshugou Cu-(Au-Mo) Deposit
Xia'ersala Cu-Fe Deposit

Latitude: 43°14'38"N
Longitude: 84°38'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.243888888889,84.644444444444

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44080	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44080	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44079	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	44078,44079,44080	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	44078,44079	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	44078,44079,44080,44083	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	44078,44079,44080	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	44078,44079,44080	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	44078,44079,44080,44083	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44080	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	44078,44079,44080	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	44078,44079,44080	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44080	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	44078,44080	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	44078,44079,44080	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44083	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44079	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	44078,44080,44083	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	44078,44079,44080	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	44078	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44080	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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