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Locality Name:
Daduhe Gold Field, Kangding Co., GarzĂȘ Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 147052
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147052.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daduhe Gold Field, Kangding Co., GarzĂȘ Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baijintaizi Au Deposit
Heijintaizi Au Deposit
Huangjinping Au-Te Deposit
Sandiao Au Deposit
Xiasuozi Au Deposit

Latitude: 30°13'30"N
Longitude: 102°6'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.225,102.10833333333

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteGypsumKaolinite
MalachiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
TetradymiteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe143397489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1433972734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2343395,43396,433973092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1433979052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21433975509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41433975516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2143397361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14339727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1433974979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2343395,43396,4339727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1433973846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1433974165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21433979895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS343395,43396,4339724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu343395,43396,4339730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1433976890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te143397804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41433975591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8143397111
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214339712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2343395,43396,4339717380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2143397409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2343395,43396,4339739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81433979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2343395,43396,4339761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14339721482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)14339792
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe143397190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3143397276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S143397510
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO14339798



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