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Locality Name:
Jiuzhaigou Co. (Nanping Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 232
Youngest recorded age at locality: 232

mindat Locality ID: 147111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jiuzhaigou Co. (Nanping Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Caodi Au Deposit
Erdaoqiao Au Deposit
Lianhecun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit (Lianhechun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit)
Manaoke Au-W Deposit
Shangpengzi Au Deposit
Shuiniujia Au Deposit (Shiuniujia Au Deposit)
Shuishengou Au Deposit
Tianchi Au Deposit
Xingfucun Au Deposit

Latitude: 33°14'22"N
Longitude: 104°11'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.239444444444,104.18416666667

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	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Nowackiite	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tungstite

Aktashite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Nowackiite Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tungstite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	232	232	1	43602	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43607	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	232	232	1	43602	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	43603,43607	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	232	232	4	43601,43602,43603,43607	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	232	232	2	43602,43603	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	232	232	2	43602,43603	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	232	232	3	43601,43602,43607	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	232	232	3	43602,43603,43607	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	232	232	1	43602	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	43607	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	43603	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	232	232	5	43601,43602,43603,43604,43605	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	43605	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	232	232	1	43602	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	232	232	1	43602	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	43607	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	232	232	3	43602,43603,43607	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	232	232	3	43601,43602,43603	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43607	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	232	232	6	43601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43607	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	232	232	1	43602	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	232	232	6	43601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43607	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	232	232	4	43601,43602,43603,43607	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	43607	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	43603	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	43603	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	232	232	2	43602,43603	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	43607	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	43603	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	232	232	6	43601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43607	3418
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			1	43603	118
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	43603	369

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00116	232	232		unknown radiometric								Aktashite	Hg	134980	Lianhecun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit (Lianhechun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit), Jiuzhaigou Co. (Nanping Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China		Xia et al. (2006)		JCUT33_384

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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