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Locality Name:
Chibaisong Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Tonghua Co., Tonghua, Jilin, China


mindat Locality ID: 143624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chibaisong Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Tonghua Co., Tonghua, Jilin, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°40'0"N
Longitude: 125°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.666666666667,125.83333333333

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumMarcasiteMeloniteMica
MilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
SulphurTalcUllmanniteValleriiteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tin  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tin  (*)NoneSn063
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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