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Locality Name:
Dengmo Au Deposit, Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 243544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dengmo Au Deposit, Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS0255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369


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