Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hongtugou Au Deposit, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 254274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hongtugou Au Deposit, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°33'0"N
Longitude: 99°20'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.55,99.333333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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