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Locality Name:
Mongon Tolgoi Mine (Meng'entaoleigai Mine; Meng'entaolegai Mine), Horqin Right Middle Banner (Ke'erqin Youyi Zhongqi), Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 143933
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143933.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mongon Tolgoi Mine (Meng'entaoleigai Mine; Meng'entaolegai Mine), Horqin Right Middle Banner (Ke'erqin Youyi Zhongqi), Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°16'0"N
Longitude: 121°23'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.266666666667,121.38333333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldspar
MalachiteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StanniteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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