Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Gashi Co. (Peyziwat Co.; Payzawat Co.), Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 243084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gashi Co. (Peyziwat Co.; Payzawat Co.), Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jiashi Cu Deposit

Latitude: 39°50'24"N
Longitude: 77°5'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.84,77.096944444444

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

16 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	44365	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44365	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44365	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44365	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44365	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	44365	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44365	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	44365	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44365	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44365	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44365	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44365	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44365	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44365	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44365	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44365	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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