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Locality Name:
Honggou Cu Deposit, Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 145060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145060.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Honggou Cu Deposit, Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°24'0"N
Longitude: 101°6'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.4,101.1

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

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: As C Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	445	445	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	445	445	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	445	445	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	445	445	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	445	445	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	445	445	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	445	445	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	445	445	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	445	445	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	445	445	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	445	445	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	445	445	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00397	445	445	Late Ordovician										S	145060	Honggou Cu Deposit, Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China	Honggou	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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