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:
Wuzhai Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 256043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuzhai Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yantoucun Fe Deposit (Yent'outs'un Fe Deposit)

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43271	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43271	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43271	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43271	718
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	43271	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43271	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43271	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43271	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43271	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43271	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	43271	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43271	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43271	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43271	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	43271	978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	43271	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	43271	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43271	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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