Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhaojinggou Nb-Ta Deposit, Wuchuan Co., Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 254246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhaojinggou Nb-Ta Deposit, Wuchuan Co., Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, 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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Laplandite-(Ce) ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ta Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	148
Laplandite-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₄CeTiPSi₇O₂₂·5H₂O	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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