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Locality Name:
Ashale Cu-Au Deposit, Nileke Co. (Nilka Co.; Nilqa Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 187037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashale Cu-Au Deposit, Nileke Co. (Nilka Co.; Nilqa Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°11'0"N
Longitude: 82°50'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.183333333333,82.848333333333
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)229925205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS429925205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29925205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299252027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS29925204165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)29925208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS299252024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu299252030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3299252014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)429925205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4299252014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2299252012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2299252017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299252039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS299252021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329925205317


1 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
Chen2007tbl01-63299252Permian      Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum 187037Ashale Cu-Au Deposit, Nileke Co. (Nilka Co.; Nilqa Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaAshale, Nileke, XinjiangChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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