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Locality Name:
West Ujimqin Banner (Xiwuzhumuqin Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 157095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Ujimqin Banner (Xiwuzhumuqin Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baiyinchagan Mine (Bayanchagan Mine; Chagan Mine)
Daolundaba Cu-W-polymetallic Deposit
Hegenshan Ophiolite
Maodeng Cu-Sn Deposit (Modon Cu-Sn Deposit)
Xi Ujimgin Meteorite

Latitude: 44°32'13"N
Longitude: 116°45'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.536944444444,116.75583333333
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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteIronKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTopazTridymiteVesuvianite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jadeite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1411412793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)241142,411438803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS241142,411499052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21411425509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1411421966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3241142,411491935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4241142,411495516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)341141,41142,4114927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2241142,411495171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1411414979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2341141,41142,4114927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41411503902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8441144,41146,41147,411481756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1411424165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61411484135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1411438173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2341141,41142,411499617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS341141,41142,4114924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3241142,4114914640
Iron  (*)IronFe1411501089
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6141143154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41411425591
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4441144,41146,41147,41148311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4241143,4114914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214114212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21411425674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21411495800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2341141,41142,4114917380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)141143884
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2141143313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21411432273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2341141,41142,4114939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81411429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2341141,41142,4114961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)241142,411494894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1411426417
Silver  (*)CopperAg241141,411425186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS341141,41142,4114921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41411451934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4241142,41149668
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2441144,41146,41147,411483337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131411421803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131411425317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21411491476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101411481395


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