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Locality Name:
Mengku Mine, Maizi Basin, Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 144570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mengku Mine, Maizi Basin, Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzSpinelStibniteTitaniteVesuvianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2057
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


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