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Locality Name:
Qingdao, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 156591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qingdao, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Jiaonan Co.
Jiaozhou Co.
Laixi Co.
Laoshan District
Pingdu Co.
Xifu

Latitude: 36°28'2"N
Longitude: 120°9'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.467222222222,120.16361111111

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteIronKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coesite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)242804,428088803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1427862734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21427865509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14278611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41427915516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)542786,42794,42800,42804,4280627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2542786,42791,42794,42800,4280427198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1427911025
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO214278577
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61427864135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2342800,42804,428089895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)342785,42800,428088173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2442786,42788,42800,428029617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS442786,42794,42800,4280424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu542794,42796,42800,42804,4280630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC442790,42791,42800,428082812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31428085433
Iron  (*)IronFe1428101089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41428045591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41427851507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4242804,4280814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214278612537
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2142785168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1427914924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2742785,42791,42794,42798,42800,42804,4280817380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6242785,42798229
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21427852273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2742786,42791,42794,42796,42800,42804,4280839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8242791,428049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2942785,42786,42791,42794,42798,42800,42804,42806,4280861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2342785,42798,428075614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P142810374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1428046417
Silver  (*)CopperAg342786,42800,428045186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS542786,42791,42794,42800,4280421482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)142810703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21428083337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1427914899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2242791,428082562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1427855251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1427851025



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