Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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:
Gangca Co. (Gangcha Co.), Haibei, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 277290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gangca Co. (Gangcha Co.), Haibei, Qinghai, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Shaliu River (Shaliuhe)

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.

Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

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 Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Chromite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	42289	2353
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	42289	3902
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	42289	1188
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	42289	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42289	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	42289	229
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	42289	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	42289	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	42289	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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