Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Minfeng Co. (Niye Co.; Niya Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 243076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minfeng Co. (Niye Co.; Niya Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Huangyangling Sb Deposit
Xiao'er Salt Lake (Nitrate Lake)

Latitude: 36°3'19"N
Longitude: 83°5'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.055277777778,83.086111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ulexite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44350	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44350	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44350	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	44350	352
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44350	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44350	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44350	5591
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	44351	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44350	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44350	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44350	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44350	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	44350	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44350	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	44350	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44350	5317
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	44351	160
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	44350	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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