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Locality Name:
Aonaodaba Sn-Cu-Ag Deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 143925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aonaodaba Sn-Cu-Ag Deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°40'5"N
Longitude: 119°25'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.668055555556,119.4175

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTopaz

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS30105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS20116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476



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