Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pingchuan District, Baiyin, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 232970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pingchuan District, Baiyin, Gansu, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yindongliang Au-Cu 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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37527	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	37527	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37527	5707
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	37527	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37527	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37527	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37527	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37527	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	37527	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37527	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37527	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	37527	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37527	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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