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Locality Name:
Yingkou, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 143570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yingkou, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dashiqiao Co.
Gaizhou Co.
Laobian District

Latitude: 40°24'7"N
Longitude: 122°39'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.401944444444,122.65777777778

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBruciteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteFeldsparFluoriteHumiteLudwigiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTalcTetrahedrite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Suanite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1421582793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1421608803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21421542162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51421541310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1421582734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS442150,42154,42156,421589052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14215011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1421581966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41421585516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2142149462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)642149,42150,42151,42152,42154,4215627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1421584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1421605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2542150,42154,42156,42158,4216027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2142149285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2142149236
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1421584165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6242149,421504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2442149,42150,42151,421529895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2242155,421589617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1421491188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS542150,42154,42155,42156,4215824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu442148,42154,42156,4215830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC242154,421582812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314215414640
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4142149359
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)142149134
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)342149,42151,421521487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4442149,42154,42158,4216014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2242150,421545674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1421564924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2242158,421605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2442154,42156,42158,4216017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81421491512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2342149,42154,421602273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21042148,42149,42150,42151,42152,42154,42155,42156,42158,4216039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8542150,42154,42156,42158,421609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2642148,42150,42154,42156,42158,4216061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1421544894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51421541516
Silver  (*)CopperAg242156,421585186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS542150,42154,42155,42156,4215821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)242154,42158978
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S314215862
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O514214916
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)14214987
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2342149,42151,421523337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13242156,421585317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2242149,421502562



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