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Locality Name:
Tanyaokou Fe-Cu-Zn Deposit, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1824
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 143822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143822.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 40°58'0"N
Longitude: 106°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.966666666667,106.83333333333
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileRömeriteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelSulphurWurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1824100008803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS18241000056
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21824100003092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1824100009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18241000011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18241000027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1824100001252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1824100005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218241000027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1824100001382
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O182410000382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1824100004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3182410000802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21824100009895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O182410000484
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O182410000107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18241000024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1824100007437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1824100002812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1824100006890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O182410000409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318241000014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61824100002228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418241000014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218241000012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21824100005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O182410000915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218241000017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1824100002994
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O182410000265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218241000039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21824100003106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81824100009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218241000061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O182410000115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21824100005614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1824100006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1824100005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3182410000531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18241000021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1824100002045
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21824100002562


3 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
SCSD48_822_0001182418001812 ± 12Sm-Ndhost rockwhole rock     143822Tanyaokou Fe-Cu-Zn Deposit, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaTanyaokou depositRumin (2005) SCSD48_822 
sedexmvt-0010916001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      143822Tanyaokou Fe-Cu-Zn Deposit, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaTanyaokouTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00181182414911824–1491        143822Tanyaokou Fe-Cu-Zn Deposit, Urad Rear Banner (Wulate Houqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaTanyaokouSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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