Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shiguai District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 254031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiguai District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lijiazi
Maohudong

Latitude: 40°41'44"N
Longitude: 110°18'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.695555555556,110.3075

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.

Beryl	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Zircon

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 Ca Fe Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Corundum Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	40726,40727	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	40726,40727	2353
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	40726	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	40726	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	40726,40727	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	40726,40727	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40726,40727	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40726	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	40726	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	40726,40727	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40726	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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