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Locality Name:
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 297.97
Youngest recorded age at locality: 288.29

mindat Locality ID: 144046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°8'49"N
Longitude: 86°31'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.146944444444,86.53

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Minium	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bilibinskite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tungstite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Minium Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tungstite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	297.97	288.29	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	297.97	288.29	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	297.97	288.29	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	297.97	288.29	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	297.97	288.29	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	297.97	288.29	11547
Bilibinskite ()*	None	PbAu₃Cu₂Te₂	297.97	288.29	12
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	297.97	288.29	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	297.97	288.29	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	297.97	288.29	843
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	297.97	288.29	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	297.97	288.29	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	297.97	288.29	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	297.97	288.29	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	297.97	288.29	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	297.97	288.29	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	297.97	288.29	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	297.97	288.29	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	297.97	288.29	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	297.97	288.29	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	297.97	288.29	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	297.97	288.29	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	297.97	288.29	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	297.97	288.29	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	297.97	288.29	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	297.97	288.29	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	297.97	288.29	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	297.97	288.29	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	297.97	288.29	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	297.97	288.29	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	297.97	288.29	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	297.97	288.29	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	297.97	288.29	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	297.97	288.29	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	297.97	288.29	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	297.97	288.29	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	297.97	288.29	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	297.97	288.29	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	297.97	288.29	337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	297.97	288.29	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	297.97	288.29	5317
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	297.97	288.29	118

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
AGS78_506-00001	293.8	291.8	292.8±1.0	Ar-Ar	muscovite	Muscovite	144046	Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Duolanasayi	Yan et al. (2004)		AGS78_506
AGS78_506-00002	297.97	288.29	293.13±4.84	Ar-Ar	muscovite	Muscovite	144046	Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Duolanasayi	Yan et al. (2004)		AGS78_506
JAES32_204-00006	293.8	291.8	292.8±1.0	Ar-Ar			144046	Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Duolanasayi	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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