Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Wutumeiren, Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 231826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wutumeiren, Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
East Nalingguole River Fe Deposit
West Nalingguole River Fe Deposit
Xiarihamu Cu-Ni Deposit

Latitude: 36°29'35"N
Longitude: 93°21'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.493055555556,93.360833333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Violarite ()*

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 F Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	201	145	1	42449	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	1	42449	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	2	42449,42450	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	201	145	2	42448,42449	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201	145	1	42449	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	1	42449	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	1	42449	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	145	2	42448,42450	14640
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	201	145	1	42450	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	145	3	42448,42449,42450	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	201	145	1	42450	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	2	42449,42450	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201	145	2	42449,42450	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	2	42448,42449	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	1	42449	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	201	145	1	42450	1934
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	201	145	1	42450	380

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Chen2007tbl01-69	201	145	Jurassic							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tellurobismuthite		135302	Kendekeke Mine (Kendekok Mine), Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China	Kendekeke, Golmd, Qinghai	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	Chen2007tbl01-68	201	145	Jurassic							Yes		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		187039	Yemaquan Mine, Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China	Yemaquan, Golmd, Qinghai	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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