Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Haixi, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 458
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haixi, Qinghai, China": 129
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 112

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.)
Delhi Co. (Delingha Co.)
Dulan Co.
Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.)
Lenghu Co.
Mangnai Co. (Mangya Co.)
Qaidam Basin (Chaidan Basin; Tsaidam Basin)
Wulan Co. (Ulan Co.)

Latitude: 37°14'1"N
Longitude: 95°17'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.233611111111,95.292777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B H Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamite
BaryteBerthieriteBerylBismutiteBlöditeBotryogenBrookiteBruciteCalciteCarnallite
ChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteDiamondDiasporeDmisteinbergiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GeocroniteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteHumiteIlvaiteIronKaoliniteKieseriteLöllingite
LangbeiniteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNorthupite
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePicromeritePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneRhodoniteRocksaltRutileRömeriteScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurSyngeniteTalcTamarugiteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteVivianiteVoltaiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

211 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Amarillite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antarcticite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bassanite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Blödite  (*)Borax  (*)Bornite  (*)
Botryogen  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Butlerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carboborite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cattierite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chaidamuite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Coesite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Heliophyllite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hungchaoite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)
Hydrochlorborite  (*)Hydroglauberite  (*)Hydrohalite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Johannsenite  (*)Kainite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Kieserite  (*)
Koenenite  (*)Kokchetavite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)
Leonite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lishizhenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Löweite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mcallisterite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nobleite  (*)Northupite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Pinnoite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Qilianshanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillénite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Thermonatrite  (*)Tin  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Trona  (*)Uklonskovite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xitieshanite  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zincobotryogen  (*)Zincocopiapite  (*)Zincovoltaite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S445145442381,42442,42452,424782793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22011451142368,42395,42400,42407,42419,42426,42439,42442,42443,42452,424783419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4581452642365,42366,42368,42371,42381,42382,42395,42399,42401,42402,42404,42409,42412,42419,42436,42437,42439,42443,42446,42449,42452,42454,42458,42465,42481,424888803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S244544514238128
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32011451424432353
Amarillite  (*)TamarugiteNaFe3+(SO4)2·6H2O4454451423816
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5201145242372,424421310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3201145542437,42439,42442,42452,424781534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4454451423812734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)445445442381,42430,42431,424811588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2458400442372,42407,42418,424543092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)201145242437,424651036
Antarcticite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCl2·6H2O242430,4246211
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)542376,42385,42430,42469,424753250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3201145142442231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4581452442366,42371,42373,42381,42382,42395,42396,42398,42410,42411,42416,42418,42426,42437,42439,42441,42442,42445,42452,42454,42464,42478,42480,424889052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3201145142439544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61424652060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22011451242365,42366,42400,42403,42404,42409,42412,42440,42442,42452,42464,424805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)445445742381,42402,42412,42430,42456,42457,4245811547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O14243182
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4142418343
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O742364,42370,42430,42431,42432,42462,4247442
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3201145142442214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi201145342372,42442,424881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32011451424421935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)201145142442716
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O942364,42370,42462,42467,42469,42472,42474,42475,42482130
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O242364,4246776
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44581451542400,42403,42417,42419,42437,42439,42440,42442,42445,42452,42454,42466,42478,42480,424815516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O44544514238145
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11445445142381843
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2242367,42458700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2201145242437,42442462
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O44544514238126
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4581454442364,42372,42376,42381,42385,42386,42388,42393,42395,42400,42402,42405,42406,42407,42412,42415,42416,42418,42419,42426,42430,42431,42436,42437,42440,42442,42443,42445,42446,42449,42452,42453,42454,42456,42457,42458,42459,42463,42469,42471,42475,42478,42481,4248627770
Carboborite  (*)NoneCa2Mg[B(OH)4]2(CO3)2·4H2O1423646
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O1142370,42397,42430,42431,42432,42434,42462,42467,42469,42474,42475132
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4458400142454154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2201145842372,42412,42414,42420,42439,42452,42478,424805171
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS245840014245430
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)242430,424731252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)445145342381,42442,424784979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS44544514238142
Chaidamuite  (*)NoneZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·4H2O4454451423812
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S201145742368,42400,42419,42440,42442,42452,424645707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24581454942365,42366,42368,42374,42375,42377,42381,42391,42393,42395,42398,42400,42401,42402,42403,42404,42406,42409,42410,42412,42414,42416,42417,42418,42419,42420,42421,42426,42436,42437,42439,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42446,42449,42450,42452,42454,42459,42464,42466,42471,42478,42480,42481,4248827198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2142372376
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2201145142437285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41423693902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4142476951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1424662600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82011451424371756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS201145142442966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S845840014245482
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO214239977
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O445445142381382
Copper  (*)CopperCu458145442400,42440,42442,424543846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O445445142381136
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181423721008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS201145642400,42404,42428,42440,42442,424784165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3242403,42419802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2011451424392970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC142369697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62011452242395,42398,42405,42409,42412,42415,42419,42420,42436,42437,42439,42440,42441,42442,42445,42446,42448,42449,42452,42465,42478,424814135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22011451942364,42373,42374,42376,42385,42400,42401,42402,42418,42428,42437,42439,42442,42453,42458,42459,42463,42478,424869895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)458400142454648
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6242369,42465944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4451453142368,42371,42373,42381,42395,42398,42399,42400,42404,42406,42407,42412,42419,42426,42428,42436,42437,42439,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42446,42449,42452,42458,42471,42478,42481,424888173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O642364,42430,42467,42469,42474,42475484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O201145142442814
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2201145142437129
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)220114514243757
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O445445142381107
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2201145942416,42418,42437,42440,42442,42445,42449,42452,424789617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)201145442369,42437,42452,424651188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4451453542365,42374,42381,42391,42392,42393,42395,42398,42401,42402,42403,42406,42409,42410,42412,42414,42416,42417,42418,42423,42426,42437,42439,42441,42442,42445,42449,42452,42456,42457,42459,42471,42478,42481,4248824243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23142478133
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2242364,42462137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)201145342437,42439,424587437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4581452042365,42371,42373,42374,42375,42378,42381,42382,42393,42394,42396,42402,42416,42418,42439,42442,42454,42471,42488,4249030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC201145442369,42372,42416,424422812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS445445142381717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3201145642437,42439,42440,42442,42452,424781544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4454451742364,42370,42376,42381,42391,42397,42430,42431,42462,42469,42471,42473,42474,42475,42481,42482,424836890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1642364,42370,42376,42397,42429,42430,42431,42432,42462,42467,42469,42474,42475,42482,42486,424871398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O445445142381409
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2201145342437,42452,42478209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6201145642437,42439,42442,42445,42452,42478741
Heliophyllite  (*)NonePb6As2O7Cl444544514238111
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34581452342368,42372,42381,42395,42398,42400,42402,42403,42407,42420,42436,42437,42440,42441,42442,42445,42448,42450,42452,42454,42458,42471,4248814640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)201145142442111
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O442364,42430,42469,42474251
Hungchaoite  (*)NoneMgB4O5(OH)4·7H2O1423646
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O14236442
Hydrochlorborite  (*)NoneCa2B3O3(OH)4·BO(OH)3Cl·7H2O1424703
Hydroglauberite  (*)NoneNa10Ca3(SO4)8·6H2O242364,4247416
Hydrohalite  (*)NoneNaCl·2H2O242432,4246217
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O142364341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3201145442369,42442,42458,424665433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)142395197
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O242364,4237613
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O0.1260242388,4238934
Iron  (*)IronFe4584001424541089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64581451142381,42391,42402,42419,42428,42443,42454,42466,42471,42478,424802228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O620114514245273
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O14247450
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42011452142367,42368,42372,42391,42396,42401,42402,42409,42418,42422,42430,42436,42439,42442,42443,42452,42458,42459,42480,42481,424885591
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)214238346
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O14247480
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)2214243012
Kokchetavite  (*)DmisteinbergiteK(AlSi3O8)1423994
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O0.1260342364,42376,4238715
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41423991507
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)3242430,4247443
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O14247424
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4458400142454249
Lishizhenite  (*)RömeriteZnFe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O4454451423813
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2242372,42416762
Löweite  (*)NoneNa12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O14247428
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)142419134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)201145142450451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)242430,424751487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44581453542368,42369,42375,42381,42382,42395,42398,42401,42402,42404,42405,42407,42412,42415,42419,42420,42436,42437,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42446,42448,42449,42450,42452,42454,42458,42466,42478,42480,42481,4248814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22011452742365,42366,42368,42372,42391,42393,42400,42401,42402,42403,42404,42409,42412,42419,42428,42440,42441,42442,42443,42446,42452,42464,42466,42471,42478,42480,4248112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24451451042374,42381,42416,42418,42419,42426,42442,42452,42478,424805674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO142402202
Mcallisterite  (*)NoneMg2[B6O7(OH)6]2·9H2O1423649
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O445445142381915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl4454451423811107
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1042364,42370,42376,42430,42462,42469,42472,42474,42475,42482223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22011451442368,42377,42391,42392,42416,42436,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42478,42480,424815800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3201145242391,42442140
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)201145242398,42442153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O842364,42429,42431,42432,42433,42462,42469,424751508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24581455542363,42364,42365,42366,42367,42368,42371,42372,42373,42374,42377,42380,42381,42382,42383,42393,42396,42399,42400,42402,42404,42406,42409,42410,42412,42416,42417,42418,42419,42428,42429,42431,42432,42433,42436,42437,42439,42442,42443,42445,42446,42452,42454,42458,42459,42462,42464,42465,42469,42471,42475,42478,42480,42481,4248817380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)0.126014238878
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl20114514243935
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6445445142381254
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs201145142442633
Nobleite  (*)NoneCaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O0.126014238711
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl14236431
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6442363,42380,42383,42399229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)201145542399,42452,42458,42478,424802349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS201145242372,42442767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8201145442391,42442,42450,424661512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2201145442369,42442,42452,424782273
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O445445142381265
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O442364,42430,42467,4247444
Pinnoite  (*)NoneMgB2O(OH)6242364,4237613
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]142372716
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O442430,42431,42474,42475102
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201145242442,424781898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24581455742365,42366,42368,42371,42373,42374,42375,42381,42382,42391,42392,42393,42395,42396,42400,42401,42402,42403,42404,42406,42407,42409,42410,42411,42412,42414,42416,42417,42418,42419,42420,42422,42426,42428,42436,42437,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42446,42449,42450,42452,42454,42456,42457,42459,42464,42466,42471,42478,42480,42481,42488,4249039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3142369341
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3201145142445147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84581453142375,42381,42391,42392,42395,42398,42401,42402,42406,42412,42414,42416,42418,42419,42426,42437,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42446,42449,42450,42452,42454,42464,42466,42478,42480,424819056
Qilianshanite  (*)NoneNaH4(CO3)(BO3)·2H2O0.12601423882
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24581456442363,42364,42365,42366,42367,42368,42371,42373,42374,42376,42381,42382,42383,42388,42391,42393,42394,42395,42396,42399,42400,42401,42402,42403,42404,42406,42407,42409,42410,42412,42416,42417,42418,42419,42420,42422,42429,42431,42432,42433,42436,42437,42440,42441,42442,42443,42445,42446,42448,42449,42452,42454,42458,42459,42462,42464,42469,42471,42475,42478,42480,42481,42488,4249061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS142466712
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O20114514244255
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4454451423811711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)201145142452969
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O445445142381115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21042363,42367,42369,42380,42383,42399,42407,42418,42458,424885614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)201145442414,42420,42441,424784894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1424181153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)458145642367,42372,42381,42400,42437,424546417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O44544514238173
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4458145242442,42454249
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO2020114514244226
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51423801516
Silver  (*)CopperAg445145342381,42402,424425186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3201145142442531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)242456,424572473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4581453742365,42374,42381,42391,42392,42395,42398,42401,42402,42403,42406,42409,42410,42412,42414,42416,42417,42418,42419,42423,42426,42437,42439,42441,42442,42445,42446,42449,42452,42454,42456,42457,42459,42471,42478,42481,4248821482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)20114514244252
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4201145442369,42437,42450,424661934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4445145342381,42452,42478668
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O14247479
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3201145442396,42410,42418,424423418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)142470589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4454451423812045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl842370,42430,42431,42432,42462,42467,42469,42474275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O242430,4247444
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)0.1260087
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2201145342442,42465,424763337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3201145242442,42445276
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2011451424391101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13445145642381,42395,42439,42442,42452,424645317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)142364299
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O14236464
Tin  (*)NoneSn45840014245463
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O0.1260242364,4238829
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O201145442380,42407,42437,424524899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22011451242395,42405,42409,42415,42419,42426,42436,42439,42442,42446,42452,424782562
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O142424129
Uklonskovite  (*)NoneNaMg(SO4)F·2H2O1423647
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O0.1260642364,42376,42388,42389,42430,42483160
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O142476652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10201145742437,42439,42440,42442,42445,42452,424781395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4201145142450380
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3201145742395,42405,42437,42439,42442,42452,424781247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS201145142441372
Xitieshanite  (*)NoneFe3+(SO4)Cl·6H2O4454451423813
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO14239598
Zincobotryogen  (*)BotryogenZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O4454451423817
Zincocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O44544514238111
Zincovoltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Zn5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O4454451423812
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)242369,423995251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)201145642399,42437,42442,42452,42465,424781025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_515Juhongtu boron deposit forms as deep B rich hydrothermal waters react with decaying rocks and deposit into a saline lake. The hydrothermal waters are rich in boron, lithium and cesium.


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00421445445Late Ordovician       S726Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, ChinaXitieshanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
Michelle_5150.1260Late Pleistocene-0 Age of boron mineralization    QilianshaniteB25976Juhongtu B Deposit, Yashatu, Delhi Co. (Delingha Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, ChinaJuhongtu B DepositMianping (1997)10.1007/978-94-011-5458-1_7BOOK_MSMSSL_1997Age of regional boron deposits.
Chen2007tbl01-69201145Jurassic      Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tellurobismuthite 135302Kendekeke Mine (Kendekok Mine), Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, ChinaKendekeke, Golmd, QinghaiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Chen2007tbl01-68201145Jurassic      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 187039Yemaquan Mine, Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, ChinaYemaquan, Golmd, QinghaiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Co-00054458400429±29Re-Os pyrite   PyriteCarrollite, Cattierite, Cobaltpentlandite, Linnaeite, SiegeniteCo, Ni144711Tuolugou Co-(Au) Deposit, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China Feng et al. (2009)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.10.005OGR36_213 

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