Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Important Update News

The RRUFF Project has been migrated to RRUFF.net. Please update your bookmarks immediately, if you have not done so.

The data on this website is already three years out of date, and the entire website will be taken offline before the end of the year.

We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.




The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Zhusileng, Ejin Banner (Ejina Co.), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 256846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhusileng, Ejin Banner (Ejina Co.), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hai'erhan Cu Deposit
North Hai'erhan Pb-Zn-Au-Ag-Cu Deposit (Hai'erhanbei Pb-Zn-Au-Ag-Cu Deposit)

Latitude: 41°37'29"N
Longitude: 102°38'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.624722222222,102.64166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)240680,406818803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1406819052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21406805509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14068127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1406815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2240680,4068127198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O240680,406812970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)240680,406818173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14068124243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4240680,406815591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2240680,4068112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2240680,4068117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2240680,4068139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81406819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2240680,4068161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14068121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1406801101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...