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Locality Name:
Guocheng Au Deposit (Tudui-Shawang Au Deposit), Haiyang Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 145623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guocheng Au Deposit (Tudui-Shawang Au Deposit), Haiyang Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Shawang Section
Tudui Section
Tuduidong Section

Latitude: 37°4'0"N
Longitude: 121°9'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.066666666667,121.15833333333
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu H O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteKaolinite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)21428583419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14285827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2342857,42858,4285927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)242858,428598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS342857,42858,4285924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu242857,4285830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31428575433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414285714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214285817380
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17142857100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2342857,42858,4285939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8242858,428599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242857,4285861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21428575614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1428585186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14285821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131428575317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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