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Locality Name:
Qitai Co. (Gucheng Co.; Guqung Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 292
Youngest recorded age at locality: 292

mindat Locality ID: 207275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qitai Co. (Gucheng Co.; Guqung Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ainan Au Deposit
Beilekuduke Sn Deposit (Beierkuduke Sn Deposit; Be'erkuduke Sn Deposit)
Huangnan Au Deposit
Jinshangou Au Deposit
Liushuquan Au Deposit
Sabei Intrusion
Sangequan Au Deposit
Shuangquan Gold Field
Shuangshishan Au Deposit
Songkaersu Cu-Au Deposit
Sujiquan Graphite Ore Field
Sujiquan Sn Deposit
Wulunbulake Cu Deposit (Ulunbulake Cu Deposit)

Latitude: 45°6'19"N
Longitude: 90°18'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.105277777778,90.316388888889

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	44217	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	292	292	1	44208	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	292	292	5	44208,44211,44213,44217,44220	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	44204	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	44220	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	292	292	2	44203,44208	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			6	44201,44204,44209,44211,44212,44213	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	44220	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	44204	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	44204,44217,44220	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	44204,44212,44213,44215,44217,44220	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	292	292	4	44202,44207,44208,44219	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	44217,44220	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	292	292	7	44204,44208,44211,44212,44213,44217,44220	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	44217	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	44220	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	44220	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	44213	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	44204,44211,44217,44220	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	44204	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	44204,44212,44220	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			11	44201,44203,44204,44205,44209,44211,44212,44213,44215,44216,44217	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	44218	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	44204,44205,44220	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	44204,44218	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	44211,44217	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	44204,44211,44213,44217,44220	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	292	292	4	44204,44208,44217,44220	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	44213,44217,44220	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	44205	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	292	292	2	44208,44217	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	44204	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	292	292	11	44201,44202,44203,44204,44208,44209,44212,44213,44216,44217,44220	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			12	44201,44203,44204,44205,44209,44211,44212,44213,44215,44216,44217,44220	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44204	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	44201,44209,44213	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	292	292	16	44201,44202,44203,44204,44205,44207,44208,44209,44211,44212,44213,44215,44216,44217,44218,44220	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	292	292	1	44208	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	44220	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	292	292	1	44208	92
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	44204	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	44204,44212,44217	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	44220	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	44204,44213,44220	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JAES32_204-00001	292	292	292	U-Pb										211966	Sareshike Mine, Sabei Intrusion, Qitai Co. (Gucheng Co.; Guqung Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Sareshenke	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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