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Locality Name:
Wuqia Co. (Ulugqat Co.; Ulughchat Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 213
Youngest recorded age at locality: 206

mindat Locality ID: 157170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuqia Co. (Ulugqat Co.; Ulughchat Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bashibulake U Deposit
Huoshenbulake Pb-Zn Deposit (Huoshibulake Pb-Zn Deposit)
Kalajiaoguya Sb-Au Deposit
Kansu (Kangsu)
Sawaya'erdun Au-(Sb) Deposit
Sawayaerdun Pb-Zn Deposit
Tuoyun Basin
Wulagen Pb-Zn Deposit
Wulukeqiati
Yangye Mine

Latitude: 39°43'30"N
Longitude: 75°0'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.725,75.008055555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Berthierite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Kobellite	Lepidocrocite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Berthierite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Kobellite Lepidocrocite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44420	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	213	206	4	44409,44414,44415,44417	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	213	206	1	44414	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	213	206	1	44414	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	213	206	3	44414,44415,44417	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	44420	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	213	206	2	44414,44420	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	44420	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	213	206	1	44414	343
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	213	206	1	44414	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	213	206	1	44414	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	44420	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	213	206	9	44408,44409,44410,44413,44414,44415,44417,44419,44420	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	213	206	1	44414	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	44417	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			3	44409,44415,44417	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	44410	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	44412	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	213	206	6	44409,44413,44414,44415,44417,44419	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	44420	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	44410	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	44412,44420	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	44410,44415	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	44412,44420	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	44416	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	213	206	5	44409,44410,44414,44415,44417	9895
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	213	206	1	44414	107
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	44416	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	213	206	6	44409,44413,44414,44415,44417,44419	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	213	206	1	44414	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	213	206	2	44409,44414	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	213	206	1	44414	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	213	206	6	44408,44409,44414,44417,44419,44420	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	44408,44417,44419	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	44409,44417	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	44420	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	213	206	1	44414	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	213	206	3	44409,44414,44415	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44408	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	213	206	1	44414	192
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	213	206	1	44414	581
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	213	206	1	44414	128
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	213	206	5	44412,44414,44415,44419,44420	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	213	206	2	44409,44414	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	213	206	5	44410,44414,44415,44417,44420	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44420	2349
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	44415	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	213	206	7	44408,44409,44410,44414,44415,44417,44419	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	213	206	2	44414,44415	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	213	206	9	44408,44409,44410,44412,44414,44415,44417,44419,44420	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	44420	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	213	206	1	44414	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	213	206	1	44414	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	213	206	1	44414	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			3	44409,44415,44417	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	213	206	6	44409,44413,44414,44415,44417,44419	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	213	206	3	44410,44414,44415	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	213	206	1	44414	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	213	206	2	44409,44414	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	44420	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	44408	2718
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	44417	372

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
	DeepDive-Co-0056	213	206	213-206	Ar-Ar									Au	144042	Sawaya'erdun Au-(Sb) Deposit, Wuqia Co. (Ulugqat Co.; Ulughchat Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Sawaya'erdun	Liu et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.11.003	OGR32_125

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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