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Locality Name:
Niuquan Ag-Au Deposit (Niujuan Ag-Au Deposit), Fengning Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 144466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niuquan Ag-Au Deposit (Niujuan Ag-Au Deposit), Fengning Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°38'30"N
Longitude: 116°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.641666666667,116.58333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiaspore
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)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
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317



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