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Locality Name:
Kendekeke Mine (Kendekok Mine), Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 135302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kendekeke Mine (Kendekok Mine), Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°1'24"N
Longitude: 91°46'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.023333333333,91.770833333333
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBismutiteBruciteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlandite
PerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sillénite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spherocobaltite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S20114502793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220114503419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO520114501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)320114501534
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32011450231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20114509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220114505509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O32011450214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi20114501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S320114501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2011450716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420114505516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)22011450462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20114504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20114505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2011450966
Copper  (*)CopperCu20114503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20114504165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620114504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220114509895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20114508173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2011450814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220114509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu201145030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC20114502812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)320114501544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62011450741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145014640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)2011450111
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O320114505433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420114505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201145014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201145012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220114505674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS220114505800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO32011450140
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)2011450153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201145017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2011450633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2011450767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S820114501512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)220114502273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)220114501898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820114509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O201145055
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S42011450249
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO20201145026
Silver  (*)CopperAg20114505186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32011450531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)201145052
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S320114503418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)220114503337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32011450276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1320114505317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)220114502562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1020114501395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO320114501247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20114501025


2 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
Chen2007tbl01-69201145Jurassic      Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tellurobismuthite 135302Kendekeke Mine (Kendekok Mine), Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, ChinaKendekeke, Golmd, QinghaiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Chen2007tbl01-68201145Jurassic     YesBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 187039Yemaquan Mine, Qimantage Mts, Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, ChinaYemaquan, Golmd, QinghaiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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