Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kumisi (Kumishi), Tuokexun Co. (Toksun Co.; Toqsun Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 231667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kumisi (Kumishi), Tuokexun Co. (Toksun Co.; Toqsun Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Northwest Kumisi Cu Deposit

Latitude: 42°14'22"N
Longitude: 88°11'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.239444444444,88.188333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz

15 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	44460	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44460	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44460	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44460	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44460	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44460	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44460	8173
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44460	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44460	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44460	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44460	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44460	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44460	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44460	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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