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Locality Name:
Ningxia, China


mindat Locality ID: 109734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ningxia, China": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guyuan
Shizuishan
Wuzhong
Yinchuan
Zhongwei

Latitude: 37°33'27"N
Longitude: 105°55'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.5575,105.92861111111

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg N O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelSulphurTitaniteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1422279052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2242235,422365509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14223811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41422365516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)642202,42203,42204,42208,42229,4223627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S242235,422365707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2342208,42235,4223627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41422193902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1422363846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1422364165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1422362970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1422361027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61422194135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1422088173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS342208,42227,4223624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1422297437
Gold  (*)CopperAu542198,42208,42215,42225,4222930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O542212,42213,42228,42230,422316890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61422292228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4342203,42207,422365591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4242203,4223614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2442199,42208,42235,4223612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2442208,42231,42235,4223617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2542198,42203,42208,42227,4223639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2142207771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81422089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2642198,42203,42208,42229,42235,4223661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21422365614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl242202,42204105
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1422036417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1422295186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS242202,422042045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1422361101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1422084899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)242203,422365251



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