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Locality Name:
Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 157181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Abei Ag-Pb Deposit
Baba Fe Deposit
Baigan Lake (Baigan Hu)
Baijianshan Fe Deposit
Baijianshanxi Fe Deposit (West Baijianshan Fe Deposit)
Bashiwake
Dapinggou Au Deposit
Dapingliang Cu Deposit
Daqingshan Au Deposit
Dawadi Salt Lake
Dimunalike Fe Deposit
Hadilik Cu Deposit
Hongliugoubei Jade Mine
Hongshijing Au Deposit
Jianshan Mine
Kaladawan Fe Deposit
Kaladawan Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit (Keladawan Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit)
Kumukuli Basin
Lapeiquan Cu Deposit
Lop Nur (Lop Nuur; Lop Lake; Luobu Lake; Luobubo)
Matekebulake
Panlongfeng Fe Deposit
Pobei Ore District
Qingshuiquan Cu Deposit
Suolake Cu Deposit
Taitema Salt Lake
Weibao Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiangyun Au Deposit
Yinggelisayi Area
Yugouzi Fe-Cu-(Mo) Deposit

Latitude: 39°19'11"N
Longitude: 90°14'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.319722222222,90.245833333333

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Blödite
Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorothionite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Pentlandite	Picromerite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite
Syngenite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tungstite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Blödite
Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Chlorothionite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palmierite Pentlandite Picromerite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite
Syngenite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Tungstite Valleriite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

108 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Anhydrokainite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bassanite ()*	Beryl ()*	Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Coesite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Darapskite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Humberstonite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jadeite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kalistrontite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Leonite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löweite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Picromerite ()*	Platinum ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Starkeyite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Syngenite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tungstite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vanthoffite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	6	44121,44122,44123,44128,44131,44164	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	44115,44121,44123,44137,44138,44163,44164	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	44121	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	44137	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	44146	1588
Anhydrokainite ()*	Chlorothionite	KMg(SO₄)Cl	1	44134	2
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	44115,44134	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	44118,44157,44161	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	44155	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	44134,44137	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	44146	82
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	44121	4286
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	3	44130,44146,44148	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	44127,44128,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44155,44158,44164	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1	44157	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44129,44131,44134,44135,44138,44145,44157,44164	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	4	44130,44146,44147,44148	132
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	44121,44122,44123	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	44146	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	44135,44137	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	44118,44121,44134,44137,44155,44157,44158,44164	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44131,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44153,44154,44155,44157,44158,44161,44164	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	44140,44142,44143,44153,44157	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	44145	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	44142,44143	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44121	1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	44163	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	44127,44134,44142,44143	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	44127,44137,44142,44143,44145,44157,44164	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	44157	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	44141,44142,44143,44144	2970
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	2	44130,44146	31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	44121,44123,44126,44128,44157,44163,44164	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	44118,44126,44134,44138,44145,44161	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	44126,44155	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	11	44116,44121,44127,44128,44134,44140,44154,44157,44158,44161,44164	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	44146	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	44123	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	44121,44123,44127,44137,44164	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	44115,44118,44121,44127,44129,44137,44145,44158,44160,44161,44164	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	3	44130,44146,44148	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	44131,44164	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	44118,44127,44129,44134,44157,44161	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	44157	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	44118,44130,44138,44145,44146,44148,44149,44158	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	6	44130,44138,44146,44148,44149,44159	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	44118,44124,44128,44134,44157	14640
Humberstonite ()*	None	K₃Na₇Mg₂(SO₄)₆(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	2	44130,44146	11
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	44134	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	44127,44163	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	44163	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5	44127,44134,44137,44157,44158	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	2	44146,44149	50
Kalistrontite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Sr(SO₄)₂	1	44146	11
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	44115,44137,44138,44157,44161,44164	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	44163	1507
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	44146	24
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	44157	581
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	44146	28
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	44146,44163	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	13	44116,44118,44126,44127,44128,44131,44134,44137,44145,44153,44155,44157,44164	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	14	44121,44123,44127,44128,44137,44141,44142,44143,44144,44145,44154,44155,44157,44158	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44163	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	44155,44157	1066
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	44146	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	44121,44128,44164	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16	44115,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44129,44131,44134,44137,44138,44145,44157,44158,44161,44164	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	44155,44157	633
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	2	44130,44146	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	44130	91
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44115	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4	44153,44154,44155,44157	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	4	44123,44126,44137,44155	2273
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	44147,44149	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	44157	485
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	3	44146,44147,44148	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	44115,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44129,44131,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44146,44157,44158,44161,44164	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44126	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	44118,44121,44128,44131,44134,44153,44154,44155,44157,44164	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	44115,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44129,44131,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44153,44157,44158,44161,44163,44164	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	44134,44163	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44121	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	44121,44122,44123	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	44123	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44146	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	44134	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	44137	2473
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	44157	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	44115,44118,44121,44127,44137,44145,44158,44160,44164	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	44126,44153,44155	1934
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	44146	79
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	44161	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	44146,44148	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	44146	44
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44126,44155	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	44142,44143	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	44145,44164	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	44130,44146	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	44155,44163	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	44121,44122,44123,44126,44137,44155,44157,44164	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	44123	118
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	44155	237
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	1	44146	16
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	44164	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	44157	380
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	44135	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	44163	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	44121,44163	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
	sedcu-00346	60	60	L. Tertiary										Cu	228357	Hadilik Cu Deposit, Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Hadilik	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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