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Locality Name:
Wunugetushan Mine (Wunugetu Mine), Manjur Co. (Manzhouli Co.), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 188
Youngest recorded age at locality: 168

mindat Locality ID: 142696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-142696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wunugetushan Mine (Wunugetu Mine), Manjur Co. (Manzhouli Co.), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°25'30"N
Longitude: 117°17'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.425,117.29888888889
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18816808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS18816809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)188168011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS418816805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)188168027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18816805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2184182027198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1881680203
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18816804165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)18816808173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F18816802740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS188168024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3188168014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O318816805433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418816805591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4188168014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2188168012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18816804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS218816805800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31881680140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2188168017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18816802349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2184182039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S818816809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2188168061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO218418205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)18816806417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO518816801516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS188168021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1318816801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318816805317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O18816804899


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
Kristen002224188168178±10Re-Osmineralization agemolybdenite   Molybdenite Cu, Mo142696Wunugetushan Mine (Wunugetu Mine), Manjur Co. (Manzhouli Co.), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaWunuge-Nushan Ore DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 
PorphCu-00185184182184–182      Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, RutileCu142696Wunugetushan Mine (Wunugetu Mine), Manjur Co. (Manzhouli Co.), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaWunugetushanSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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