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:
Niubiziliang Complex, Lenghu Co., Haixi, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 256241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niubiziliang Complex, Lenghu Co., Haixi, Qinghai, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Niubiziliang Cu-Ni 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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Realgar ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Talc

21 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)	0		8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42466	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	42466	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	42466	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	42466	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	42466	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42466	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42466	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	42466	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	42466	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	42466	9056
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	42466	712
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	42466	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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