Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tonggou Au Deposit (incl. Chucha-Luanshi Au Deposit), Lingbao Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tonggou Au Deposit (incl. Chucha-Luanshi Au Deposit), Lingbao Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°25'31"N
Longitude: 110°34'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.425277777778,110.57611111111

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.

Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Buckhornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Vulcanite ()*	Weissite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Buckhornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	52
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	276
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	11
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	31

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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