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Locality Name:
Eren Tolgoi Ag-Au Deposit (Erentaoleigai Ag-Au Deposit; Erentaolegai Ag-Au Deposit), New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 123467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eren Tolgoi Ag-Au Deposit (Erentaoleigai Ag-Au Deposit; Erentaolegai Ag-Au Deposit), New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°23'0"N
Longitude: 116°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.383333333333,116.66666666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aramayoite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Cubanite	Diaspore
Jalpaite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Groutite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aramayoite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Cubanite Diaspore
Jalpaite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	87
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	29
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	72
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	180
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	121
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	62
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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