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:
Gonghe Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 244174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gonghe Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Haergeng W-Sn Deposit
Jiadanggen Cu-(Mo) Deposit
Yulonggou Ni-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 36°21'22"N
Longitude: 99°58'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.356111111111,99.976388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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 Mo Na Ni O S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Spinel

20 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	42343	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	42342	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42342	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	42342	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	42342	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	42342,42343,42344	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	42342	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	42342	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42342	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	42342	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42342	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42342	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	42344	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	42343	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42343	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	42344	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42342,42343	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	42343,42344	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42342,42343	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	42342	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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