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:
Gongchangling Fe Deposit, Gongchangling District, Liaoyang, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 64182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gongchangling Fe Deposit, Gongchangling District, Liaoyang, Liaoning, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gongchangling No. 1 Mine
Gongchangling No. 2 Mine
Gongchangling No. 3 Mine
Laogongchangling Mine (Old Gongchangling Mine)
Lutiandumu Mine

Latitude: 41°6'15"N
Longitude: 123°31'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.104166666667,123.52333333333

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Talc Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42167	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	42167	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42167	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	42166,42167,42168,42169	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	42166,42167,42168,42169	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42167	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	42167	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	42167	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42167	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	42167	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42167	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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