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:
Bazhong, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 244083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bazhong, Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nanjiang Co.

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43321	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43321	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43321	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43321	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43321	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43321	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43321	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43321	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43321	61
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	43321	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43321	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43321	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43321	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43321	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	43321	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43321	2562
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43321	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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