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Locality Name:
Gaositai Cr-PGE Deposit (Gao District; Gaotai Village), Gaositai, Chengde Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 16180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaositai Cr-PGE Deposit (Gao District; Gaotai Village), Gaositai, Chengde Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°7'37"N
Longitude: 117°51'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.126944444444,117.86361111111
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: Al As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg O Os P Pb Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg O Os P Pb Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAuricuprideBowieiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMeloniteMica
NonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneSpinelUllmannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Bowieite  (*)Changchengite  (*)Chengdeite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gaotaiite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Inaglyite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mayingite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Shuangfengite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3033
Changchengite  (*)UllmanniteIrBiS02
Chengdeite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteIr3Fe06
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS20110
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gaotaiite  (*)PyriteIr3Te801
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Inaglyite  (*)NonePbCu3Ir8S1606
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mayingite  (*)PyriteIrBiTe03
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Osmium  (*)NoneOs0169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Shuangfengite  (*)MeloniteIrTe204
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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