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Locality Name:
Sonid Right Banner (Sunite Youqi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 288
Youngest recorded age at locality: 288

mindat Locality ID: 157094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sonid Right Banner (Sunite Youqi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bieluwutu Cu-polymetallic Deposit
Bilihei Au Deposit (Bilihe Au Deposit)
Bilu Pyrite Deposit (Bilut Pyrite Deposit)
Boin Sum
Ondor Sum
Qagan Nur Salt Lake (Chagannur Salt Lake)

Latitude: 42°36'59"N
Longitude: 113°4'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.616388888889,113.07888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Lawsonite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Trona ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Lawsonite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite

43 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41130	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41130	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	41132	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	288	288	2	41129,41130	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	41130	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	288	288	1	41129	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	41130	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	288	288	2	41129,41130	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	41130	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	288	288	3	41129,41130,41131	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	41130	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	41132	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	41130	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	41130	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	41130	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	41130	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	288	288	3	41129,41130,41131	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41136	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	41135	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	288	288	2	41129,41130	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	41130,41135	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	288	288	1	41129	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41130	5591
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	41136	121
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	288	288	3	41129,41130,41135	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	288	288	2	41129,41130	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	288	288	1	41129	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	41130	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	41130	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	288	288	2	41129,41130	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	288	288	1	41129	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	288	288	3	41129,41130,41131	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	288	288	2	41129,41130	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	288	288	2	41129,41130	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	288	288	1	41129	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	288	288	2	41129,41130	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	288	288	3	41129,41130,41131	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	41130	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	288	288	1	41129	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	41130	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	41137	299
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	41137	129
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	41130	1025

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
	vms-00388	288	288	Lower Permian-Late Carboniferous (292-283)										S	143888	Bieluwutu Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Sonid Right Banner (Sunite Youqi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Bieluwutu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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