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Locality Name:
Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 185604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Da'an Mine
Damaoping Cu Deposit
Dingjialin-Taiyangping Au Deposit
Erliba Mine
Fengjiashan Cr Deposit
Lijiaying Mn Deposit
Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit
Matiwan Au Deposit
Ningqiang Meteorite (Ningqiang Carbonaceous Chondrite)
Ningqiang Sepiolite Deposit
Shanping Pb-Zn Deposit
Tongchang Ore Field

Latitude: 33°5'1"N
Longitude: 106°7'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.083611111111,106.12638888889

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite
Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite
Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite

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 C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Braunite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Hydrotalcite
Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Malachite Melilite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite
Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Allendeite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Geikielite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hibonite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Monetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wairauite ()*	Whitlockite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	4330	4010	1	42644	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	541	3	42641,42642,42647	8803
Allendeite ()*	None	Sc₄Zr₃O₁₂	4330	4010	1	42644	2
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	42647	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	4330	4010	1	42644	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42636	708
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	4330	4010	1	42644	39
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	42647	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4330	4010	1	42644	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	4330	4010	1	42644	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	42648	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	541	3	42641,42642,42649	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	42648	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	42641	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	42636	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4330	541	7	42636,42638,42641,42642,42644,42648,42649	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1000	541	2	42642,42648	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	541	5	42638,42639,42642,42648,42649	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4330	4010	1	42644	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4330	4010	2	42640,42644	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42636	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1000	541	1	42642	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4330	4010	2	42641,42644	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4330	4010	5	42636,42640,42641,42644,42648	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	4330	4010	1	42644	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	541	2	42641,42642	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	4330	4010	1	42644	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	541	3	42638,42642,42646	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	4330	4010	1	42644	114
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	4330	4010	1	42644	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	42638,42643,42647,42648	30554
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	4330	4010	1	42644	19
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	4330	4010	1	42644	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1000	541	4	42638,42641,42642,42649	14640
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	4330	4010	1	42644	80
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	42636	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄			1	42636	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4330	4010	1	42644	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	4330	4010	1	42644	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1000	541	1	42642	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1000	541	1	42642	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	42641	234
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	4330	4010	1	42644	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	42638	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4330	541	4	42641,42642,42644,42647	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	541	3	42642,42648,42649	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	42641	770
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	4330	4010	1	42644	21
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	541	5	42638,42640,42641,42642,42647	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	4330	4010	1	42644	884
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4330	4010	1	42644	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	4330	4010	1	42644	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	4330	4010	1	42644	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	6	42638,42639,42640,42642,42648,42649	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂			1	42641	56
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	42641	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4330	4010	2	42644,42649	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4330	541	7	42638,42640,42641,42642,42644,42648,42649	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	42641	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	42641	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42641	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4330	4010	2	42640,42644	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	42645	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	42638,42641	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	42638,42647	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	4330	4010	1	42644	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	4	42638,42642,42646,42647	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4330	4010	1	42644	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	4330	4010	1	42644	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1000	541	2	42642,42647	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	42640	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	42641	433
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	4330	4010	1	42644	1044
Wairauite ()*	Iron	CoFe	4330	4010	1	42644	16
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	4330	4010	1	42644	104
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	4330	4010	1	42644	1247

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
NG47_40_0001	833.7	818.7	826.2 ± 7.5	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	240016	Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China	Liujiaping deposit	Hu (2014)	NG47_40
RG67_89_0001	818.7	812.3	815.5 ± 3.2	Sr-Nd-Pb	host rock	whole rock		240016	Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China	Liujiaping deposit	Su (2016)	RG67_89
RG67_89_0002	838.1	832.9	835.5 ± 2.6	Sr-Nd-Pb	host rock	whole rock		240016	Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China	Liujiaping deposit	Su (2016)	RG67_89
vms-00405	1000	541	Neoproterozoic					240016	Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China	Liujiaping	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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