Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xiaoshitouquan Ag-Cu Ore Field, Hami Co. (Kumul Co.; Qumul Co.), Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaoshitouquan Ag-Cu Ore Field, Hami Co. (Kumul Co.; Qumul Co.), Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Jinshan Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Qianshan Ag Deposit
Tieshan Ag Occurrence
Tongshan Cu Deposit
Xinshan Cu Deposit
Yinshan Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

16 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	3	44313,44316,44318	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44316	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	44313,44316,44318	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44316	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	44314,44315,44316,44317	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	44314,44315	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44316,44317	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	44313,44318	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44316	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	44313,44314,44315,44316,44317,44318	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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