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Locality Name:
Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 156558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dongning Co.
Hailin Co.
Muling Co.
Ning'an Co.

Latitude: 44°42'17"N
Longitude: 129°28'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.704722222222,129.4825

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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetHeulanditeKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMordenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteWollastoniteZircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoptilolite-K  (*)Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21394703419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)439470,39478,39479,394828803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6139471966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21394812162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1394709052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1394851272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21394785509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31394701935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41394725516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)339470,39471,3947527770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2139480309
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1394705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2639470,39471,39472,39475,39478,3948127198
Clinoptilolite-K  (*)HeulanditeK6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O13948013
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O13948024
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1394771025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6239475,394774135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)639470,39471,39472,39475,39479,394828173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21394789617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS539470,39471,39475,39478,3948124243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2239479,39482286
Gold  (*)CopperAu339470,39471,3948130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1394772812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31394771544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313947014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31394815433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4439470,39471,39477,394855591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4139470249
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1394751487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4539470,39472,39474,39478,3948414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213947812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2239470,394725674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2539470,39472,39475,39478,394815800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1394801508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O139480405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2939470,39471,39472,39475,39477,39478,39479,39481,3948217380
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4139470131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2839470,39471,39472,39475,39477,39478,39481,3948539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2139471771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8339470,39472,394789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21139470,39471,39472,39475,39477,39478,39479,39480,39481,39482,3948561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1394751711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2239477,394815614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1394756417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4139470249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51394771516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1394705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS539470,39471,39472,39475,3947821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41394811934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31394703418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131394711803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O239477,394814899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1394851059
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O139485890
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31394771247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1394815251



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