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Locality Name:
Qiongmo Au-Se Deposit (Qiongme Au-Se Deposit; Quongme Au-Se Deposit), Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 134976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qiongmo Au-Se Deposit (Qiongme Au-Se Deposit; Quongme Au-Se Deposit), Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°0'30"N
Longitude: 102°29'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.008333333333,102.48333333333
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 As Au Ba Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteKaoliniteMarcasiteNickelineNoneOrpiment
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimonselite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Kullerudite  (*)Lautite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Penroseite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tiemannite  (*)Trüstedtite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimonselite  (*)StibniteSb2Se307
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Kullerudite  (*)MarcasiteNiSe203
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS032
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se2014
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe083
Trüstedtite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2Se404
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS20106


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