Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tu'ergen, Xinyuan Co. (Künes Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tu'ergen, Xinyuan Co. (Künes Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ke'ertutesayi Fe Deposit (Ke'ertutesa Fe Deposit)
Qiaolekesayi Cu Occurrence (Qiaolekesa Cu Occurrence)
Shikebutai Mine
Tu'ergen River Cu-Fe Occurrence
Tuodubulatao Fe-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 43°31'5"N
Longitude: 83°28'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.518055555556,83.478888888889

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Feldspar Malachite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44700	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44701	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44703	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44702	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44703	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44703	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44703	4165
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	44699,44701,44703	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	44701,44702,44703	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	44700,44702,44703	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44699,44701	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	44700	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44701	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	44699,44700,44701,44702	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44701	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44701	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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