Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ordos League (E'erduosi Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 64515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ordos League (E'erduosi Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongsheng District
Jungar Banner (Zhunge'er Co.)
Uxin Banner (Wushen Co.)

Latitude: 39°36'0"N
Longitude: 109°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6,109.96666666667

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.

Alunite	Autunite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Vivianite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Autunite ()*	Bobierrite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Se Si Sr Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Autunite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Vivianite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	40870,40871	2162
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	40868	1272
Bobierrite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	40876	17
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	40874	195
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2	40870,40871	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	40869,40870,40871,40874,40875,40876	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40871	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	3	40870,40871,40874	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	40871	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	40870,40871	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40871	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	40871	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	40871,40874	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	40870,40874	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	40874	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	40871	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	40869	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	40869,40870,40871,40874,40875,40876	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40869	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40870	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	40869,40870,40871	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	40869,40870,40871,40874,40875,40876	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	40869,40871,40874	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40874	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	40874	6417
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	40868	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	40871	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40874	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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