Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Houshihua Au Deposit, Tumed Left Banner (Tumote Zuoqi), Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 143884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143884.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Houshihua Au Deposit, Tumed Left Banner (Tumote Zuoqi), Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°47'35"N
Longitude: 110°50'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.793055555556,110.83472222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Melonite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Malachite Melonite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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