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:
Xiaokalasu Mine (Xiaohalasu Mine), Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 234.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 233.38

mindat Locality ID: 243054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaokalasu Mine (Xiaohalasu Mine), Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°13'0"N
Longitude: 87°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.216666666667,87.616666666667

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Staurolite

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 Be Fe H K Li Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe H K Li Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Staurolite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	234.2	233.38	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	234.2	233.38	4286
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	234.2	233.38	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	234.2	233.38	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	234.2	233.38	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	234.2	233.38	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	234.2	233.38	978

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0138	234.2	233.38	233.79 ± 0.41	Ar-Ar	Age the beginning of formation									243054	Xiaokalasu Mine (Xiaohalasu Mine), Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Xiaokalasu deposit	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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