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:
Zalantun Co., Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 64658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zalantun Co., Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bashenge Property
Huangcaogou Property
Pentouling Property
Tuanjiegan Mine

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	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: Ag Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	40864,40865	966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	40863,40864	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	40864,40865	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	40863,40864,40865,40866	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	40863,40864	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	40864,40865	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	40863,40864	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40864	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	40863,40864,40865	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	40863	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	40863,40864	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	40863,40864	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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