Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Linxi, Linxi Co., Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 259946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linxi, Linxi Co., Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Shalonggou Mine
Shijiangshan Mine (Dashishan Mine)
Unnamed Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetNonePrehnitePyroxeneRocksaltSpurrite-Afwillite
VesuvianiteWurtziteWöhleriteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Borcarite  (*)Bultfonteinite  (*)Cahnite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Nifontovite  (*)Olshanskyite  (*)Pentahydroborite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Roweite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21410223419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3241021,410221534
Borcarite  (*)NoneCa4MgB4O6(CO3)2(OH)61410226
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O14102220
Cahnite  (*)ZirconCa2B(AsO4)(OH)414102213
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14102127770
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F414102167
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)141021498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61410224135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21410219617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14102224243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6141022741
Nifontovite  (*)NoneCa3[BO(OH)2]6·2H2O1410225
Olshanskyite  (*)NoneCa2[B3O3(OH)6]OH·3H2O1410223
Pentahydroborite  (*)NoneCaB2O(OH)6·2H2O1410225
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21410221898
Roweite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)61410224
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21410222562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101410211395
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS141022372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R150028Shijiangshan Mine (Dashishan Mine), Linxi, Linxi Co., Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R150028
R170043Shijiangshan Mine (Dashishan Mine), Linxi, Linxi Co., Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R170043

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