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Locality Name:
Shimenkou Cu-Au-S-Fe Deposit (Zhimenkou Cu-Au-S-Fe Deposit), Qingyang Co., Chizhou, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 145634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shimenkou Cu-Au-S-Fe Deposit (Zhimenkou Cu-Au-S-Fe Deposit), Qingyang Co., Chizhou, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°41'0"N
Longitude: 117°54'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.683333333333,117.9

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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