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Locality Name:
Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 143936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arxan Co. (A'ershan Co.)
Horqin Right Front Banner (Ke'erqin Youyi Qianqi)
Horqin Right Middle Banner (Ke'erqin Youyi Zhongqi)
Tuquan Co.

Latitude: 46°2'42"N
Longitude: 121°4'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.045,121.07944444444

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaolinite
KobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite
TitaniteValleriiteXanthoconiteZircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Suolunite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1407732793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2440766,40772,40777,407783419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)340772,40773,407778803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21407722162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51407721310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS540772,40773,40776,40777,407789052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21407785509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1407721966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31407721935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4340772,40776,407785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)440772,40773,40776,4077727770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS614077391
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21407735171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1407765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2840766,40767,40772,40773,40774,40776,40777,4077827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1407724165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8140773126
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)340772,40773,40777180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)540766,40769,40772,40777,407788173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2340765,40767,407729617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12140773663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS540772,40773,40774,40777,4077824243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4140772192
Gold  (*)CopperAu14077330554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2140778223
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te140777804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31407725433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61407732228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4540767,40769,40776,40777,407785591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2140772762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4340765,40772,4077714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2540766,40769,40772,40773,4077812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2240772,407765674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2640765,40766,40767,40772,40774,407785800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3140766140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2740766,40767,40772,40773,40776,40777,4077817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1407772994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]240773,40777716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3140773733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3240773,407771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2840766,40767,40772,40773,40774,40776,40777,4077839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21407733106
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS314077384
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8440772,40773,40777,407789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21040765,40766,40767,40769,40772,40773,40774,40776,40777,4077861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21407725614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1407724894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)240772,407736417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1407735186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1407732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS840765,40766,40772,40773,40774,40776,40777,4077821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4140773668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4140773586
Suolunite  (*)NoneCa2Si2O5(OH)2·H2O1407707
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131407721803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13440772,40773,40776,407775317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1407724899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]140772237
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1407725251



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