Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yamansu, Hami Co. (Kumul Co.; Qumul Co.), Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 232438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamansu, Hami Co. (Kumul Co.; Qumul Co.), Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cu-(Au) Occurrence No. 371
Kumtag Mine (Kumultage Mine)
Xibeipo Cu-(Au) Occurrence
Yamansu Fe-(Cu) Deposit

Latitude: 41°45'45"N
Longitude: 93°11'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.7625,93.194722222222

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	Amphibole	Atacamite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kamiokite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg Mo O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Atacamite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nolanite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Vesuvianite Wollastonite

33 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	44323	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	44320,44323	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	44321	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	44321	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	44320	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44320	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44321	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	44321	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	44321,44322,44323	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	44320,44321,44322,44323	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	44321,44323	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	44320,44322,44323	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	44320,44322	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44321	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	44320,44322,44323	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44321	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44321	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	44321,44322,44323	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	44321	5433
Kamiokite ()*	Nolanite	Fe²⁺₂Mo⁴⁺₃O₈	0		8
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	44320,44321	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	44322,44323	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	44320,44321,44322,44323	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44323	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44321,44323	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44320	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	44320,44321,44322,44323	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	44321	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44321	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	44320,44322	1101
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	44323	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	44323	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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