Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niuxinshan Au Deposit, Kuancheng Co., Chengde, Hebei, China

mindat Locality ID: 144501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niuxinshan Au Deposit, Kuancheng Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°21'0"N
Longitude: 118°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.35,118.61666666667

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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