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Locality Name:
Ertaizi Cu-Au Deposit, Zhen'an Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 135028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ertaizi Cu-Au Deposit, Zhen'an Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°36'0"N
Longitude: 109°6'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.6,109.1

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Mica
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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