Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ganshahe REE Deposit, Tianzhu Co., Wuwei, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 243506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ganshahe REE Deposit, Tianzhu Co., Wuwei, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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