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Locality Name:
Nileke Co. (Nilka Co.; Nilqa Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 157175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nileke Co. (Nilka Co.; Nilqa Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Alasitan Cu Deposit
Amieligensayi Fe-Cu-Zn Deposit
Ashale Cu-Au Deposit
Awulale Fe Ore Field
Cu Deposit No. 109
Halegati Cu-Fe Deposit (Haleigati Cu-Fe Deposit)
Jiamante Au Deposit
Karasu
Nulasai Cu Deposit
Qunji Cu Deposit
Qunjisayi Cu Deposit
Tieliekete Au Deposit
Xiaoyuzan Au Deposit

Latitude: 43°58'4"N
Longitude: 82°46'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.967777777778,82.770277777778

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Zircon

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Zircon

33 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	299	252	2	44625,44634	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	44628,44634	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	44633	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	299	252	8	44624,44625,44629,44630,44631,44634,44635,44636	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			7	44624,44628,44630,44631,44634,44635,44636	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	299	252	7	44625,44629,44630,44631,44634,44635,44636	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	252	9	44624,44625,44628,44629,44630,44631,44634,44635,44636	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	44636	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	299	252	3	44625,44631,44634	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	44629,44634	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	44624,44630	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	299	252	4	44624,44625,44630,44631	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	252	4	44625,44630,44631,44634	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	44631	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	299	252	2	44625,44631	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	44630	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	299	252	3	44624,44625,44628	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	299	252	2	44625,44631	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	299	252	4	44624,44625,44628,44630	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	299	252	3	44625,44630,44634	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	44631,44634	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	44630	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	252	3	44625,44628,44631	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	252	5	44624,44625,44631,44634,44635	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	44624,44628,44629,44630,44631,44634	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	44630	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	44630,44631	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	252	5	44624,44625,44630,44631,44634	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	44631	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	299	252	1	44625	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	44630	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	44630	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	44630	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
	Chen2007tbl01-63	299	252	Permian									Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum		187037	Ashale Cu-Au Deposit, Nileke Co. (Nilka Co.; Nilqa Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Ashale, Nileke, Xinjiang	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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