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Locality Name:
Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 461
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 143909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Chahar Right Back Banner (Chaha'er Youyi Houqi)
Chahar Right Front Banner (Chaha'er Youyi Qianqi)
Chahar Right Middle Banner (Chaha'er Youyi Zhongqi)
Fengzhen Co.
Huade Co.
Jining District
Shangdu Co.
Siziwang Banner (Siziwang Co.)
Xinghe Co.
Zhuozi Co.

Latitude: 41°48'15"N
Longitude: 112°20'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.804166666667,112.34388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Vesuvianite Zircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Topaz ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			3	40899,40912,40915	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	461	400	1	40924	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	461	400	4	40908,40913,40914,40924	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	40930	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	40907	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	40899	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	40899	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	40930	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	40912,40915	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	40901	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	461	400	3	40915,40923,40924	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	400	12	40896,40899,40904,40908,40912,40915,40923,40924,40929,40930,40933,40937	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	40930	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	40899	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	461	400	2	40899,40924	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	400	10	40896,40899,40904,40908,40912,40915,40917,40923,40924,40930	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	40899	1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	40899	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	40899,40912	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	40930,40935	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	40899	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	461	400	9	40895,40905,40908,40909,40915,40917,40924,40928,40937	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			6	40901,40928,40929,40930,40933,40937	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	40899	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	461	400	10	40896,40898,40899,40908,40912,40915,40917,40924,40933,40937	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	40899	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	461	400	16	40895,40896,40899,40903,40904,40905,40906,40907,40908,40909,40913,40914,40917,40923,40924,40927	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	40911,40934,40935	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	40908	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	461	400	1	40924	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	40895,40899,40903,40907,40908	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	40903,40905,40907	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	40899	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			8	40896,40912,40915,40917,40928,40930,40933,40937	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	40899	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	461	400	11	40895,40901,40903,40905,40907,40908,40909,40924,40930,40933,40937	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	461	400	1	40924	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	40931	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	40899	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	40899	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	40908,40919,40935	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	461	400	3	40924,40933,40937	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			2	40933,40937	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	461	400	15	40899,40901,40904,40907,40908,40909,40912,40915,40917,40919,40923,40924,40930,40933,40937	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	40930	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			3	40895,40917,40919	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	40933,40937	494
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	40899	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	400	16	40896,40899,40904,40907,40908,40909,40912,40915,40917,40923,40924,40929,40930,40933,40935,40937	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			5	40896,40923,40931,40933,40937	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	40937	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	461	400	4	40896,40909,40924,40930	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	461	400	22	40896,40899,40901,40903,40904,40905,40907,40908,40913,40914,40915,40917,40919,40923,40924,40927,40928,40929,40930,40933,40935,40937	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	40899,40931	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	40895,40903,40908	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	461	400	1	40924	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	40899	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	40933,40935	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	40899,40923	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	40899	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	461	400	11	40896,40898,40899,40908,40912,40915,40917,40924,40930,40933,40937	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	40915	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	40912,40915	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	40895,40903,40907,40937	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	40899	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	40901	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	40930	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			6	40895,40901,40905,40907,40923,40937	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00184	461	400	459±2 – 440±40									Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	142695	Bainaimiao Cu-Mo-Au Deposit (Bainamiao Cu-Mo-Au Deposit), Bainaimiao Cu-Au Ore Field, Siziwang Banner (Siziwang Co.), Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Bainamiao	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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