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:
Dawenkou Depression, Daiyue District, Tai'an, Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 234385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dawenkou Depression, Daiyue District, Tai'an, Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dawenkou Salt Deposit
Zhujiazhuang Mine

Latitude: 35°58'0"N
Longitude: 117°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.966666666667,117.2

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.

Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Kieserite	Langbeinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vanthoffite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Blödite Calcite Clay Gypsum Kieserite Langbeinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	43083,43084	1588
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	43083	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43084	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	43084	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43084	9895
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	43083	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	43083,43084	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	43083	1398
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	43083	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	43083	43
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43084	17380
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	43083	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43084	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43084	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	43084	2045
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	1	43083	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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