Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Xiangcheng Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 233136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangcheng Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Qingda Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Zhujiding Cu Deposit

Latitude: 28°33'30"N
Longitude: 99°57'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.558333333333,99.95

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 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	43420	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43420	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43419	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43420	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43420	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43420	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	43419,43420	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43420	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43420	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43419,43420	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43420	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43420	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43420	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43420	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43419,43420	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	43419,43420	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43420	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43419	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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