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Locality Name:
Bieluwutu Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Sonid Right Banner (Sunite Youqi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 288
Youngest recorded age at locality: 288

mindat Locality ID: 143888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143888.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bieluwutu Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Sonid Right Banner (Sunite Youqi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°21'0"N
Longitude: 113°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.35,113.43333333333
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMarcasiteMica
NickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS28828809052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi28828801966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)288288027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2288288027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS288288024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu288288030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O328828805433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4288288014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2288288012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS228828805674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2288288017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32882880511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2288288039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S828828809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2288288061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2882880712
Silver  (*)CopperAg28828805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS288288021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)228828803337


1 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
vms-00388288288Lower Permian-Late Carboniferous (292-283)       S143888Bieluwutu Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Sonid Right Banner (Sunite Youqi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaBieluwutuMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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