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Locality Name:
Dongshengmiao Mine, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1491

mindat Locality ID: 143819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dongshengmiao Mine, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°6'48"N
Longitude: 107°3'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.113333333333,107.05638888889
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpsomiteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2500149102793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2500149109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22500149105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)25001491011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42500149105516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25001491027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2500149105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225001491027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2500149101382
Copper  (*)CopperCu2500149103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2500149104165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3250014910802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2500149102970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2500149101027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22500149109895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O250014910484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25001491024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2500149107437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2500149102812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2500149106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325001491014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62500149102228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425001491014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225001491012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22500149105674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O250014910915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225001491017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2500149102994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225001491039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82500149109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225001491061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22500149105614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2500149106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2500149105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25001491021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2500149102045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2500149101101


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
sedexmvt-0009325001600Paleoproterozoic host rock age      143819Dongshengmiao Mine, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaDongshengmiaoTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00156182414911824–1491        143819Dongshengmiao Mine, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaDongshengmiaoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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