Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Weifang, Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 26141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weifang, Shandong, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Changle Co.
Gaomi Co.
Linqu Co.
Qingzhou Co. (Yidu Co.)
Zhucheng Co.

Latitude: 36°21'39"N
Longitude: 119°0'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.360833333333,119.00555555556

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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	43101	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43096	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	43096	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	43103,43104	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43103,43104	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	43098,43103,43104	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	43096,43101,43103,43104	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	43103,43104	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	43096	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43101	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43103	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	43103,43104	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	43103,43104	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43096	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43096	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	43103,43104	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	43101,43103,43104	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	43103,43104	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43101,43103,43104	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	43096,43106	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	43103,43104	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43101	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43096	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43096	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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