Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dongqiyishan Polymetallic Ore Field, Ejin Banner (Ejina Co.), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 234317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dongqiyishan Polymetallic Ore Field, Ejin Banner (Ejina Co.), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dongqiyishan Mine
Dongqiyishandong Fe Deposit (East Dongqiyishan Fe Deposit)

Latitude: 41°9'59"N
Longitude: 99°30'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.166388888889,99.516388888889

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	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Ca Cu H Mo O S Sn W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stibnite Topaz Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40659	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40659	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40659	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	40660	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40659	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	40659,40660	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	40659	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	40660	6417
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	40659	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40659	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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