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Locality Name:
Bengbu, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 145642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bengbu, Anhui, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wuhe Co.

Latitude: 33°4'0"N
Longitude: 117°53'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.066666666667,117.88333333333

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Bi Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	36935,36937,36938	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	36935,36937,36938	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	36935,36937,36938	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	36935,36937,36938	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	36935,36937,36938	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	36935,36937,36938	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	36935,36937,36938	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	36935,36936,36937,36938	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	36935,36937,36938	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	36935,36937,36938	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	36935,36937,36938	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	36935,36937,36938	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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