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:
Heishui Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 233143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heishui Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hongyan

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.

Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*

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 Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43593	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43593	3092
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	43593	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43594,43595	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43595	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	43594,43595	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43595	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	43593	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43595	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	43593	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43594,43595	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	43594,43595	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43594,43595	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43594,43595	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	43594	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43594,43595	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	43594,43595	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	43594,43595	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	43594,43595	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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