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Locality Name:
Qiyugou Ore Field, Song Co., Luoyang, Henan, China


mindat Locality ID: 156531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qiyugou Ore Field, Song Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gongyu Au Deposit
Leimengou Mo-Au Deposit
Qiyugou Mine

Latitude: 34°12'5"N
Longitude: 111°56'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.201388888889,111.94333333333

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteKobelliteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gold  (*)Halite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Larosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1396372793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21396373419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3139637315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)239635,396378803
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31396371935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4239635,396375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)239635,3963727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1396375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2339635,39636,3963727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1396373846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2239635,396379895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)239635,396378173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2239636,396379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS339635,39636,3963724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4139637192
Gold  (*)CopperAu239635,3963730554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1396371398
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2139637209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3239635,3963714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te139637804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4239635,396375591
Larosite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21PbBiS131396356
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4239635,3963714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213963512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2239636,396375800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2339635,39636,3963717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)239635,396372349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2339635,39636,3963739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8239635,396379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2339635,39636,3963761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg239635,396375186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS339635,39636,3963721482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3239635,39637276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S239635,39637510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13239635,396375317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1396354899
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3139637297



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