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Locality Name:
Jinniushan Ore Field, Mouping District, Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 145593
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145593.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinniushan Ore Field, Mouping District, Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Denggezhuang Au Deposit (Donggezhuang Au Deposit; Donggerzhuang Au Deposit)
Jinniushan Au Deposit

Latitude: 37°9'44"N
Longitude: 121°35'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.162222222222,121.59694444444

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 Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1428958803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2242895,428963092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS242895,428969052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14289511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)242895,4289627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242895,4289627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS242895,4289624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1428957437
Gold  (*)CopperAu242895,4289630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314289514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414289514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2242895,4289612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21428955800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242895,4289617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2242895,4289639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8242895,428969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242895,4289661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21428955614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)242895,428966417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1428955186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS242895,4289621482



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