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Locality Name:
Laizhou Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 185632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laizhou Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cangshang-Sanshandao Gold Camp
Caojiabu Mine
Dazhuohe Mine
Heiyangshan Au Deposit
Jiaojia-Xincheng Gold Camp
Liucun Au Deposit
Liusi Au Deposit
Pinglidian Au Deposit
Yexian Mine

Latitude: 37°12'45"N
Longitude: 119°54'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.2125,119.90472222222

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S242871,428792793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21428663419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1142863,42864,42866,42869,42870,42871,42872,42875,42877,42878,428798803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1428712734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2442863,42864,42871,428763092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS442863,42864,42871,428799052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)242864,4287111547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1428711966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4342865,42871,428785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1142863,42864,42866,42870,42871,42872,42874,42877,42878,42879,4288027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1428635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21142863,42864,42865,42870,42871,42872,42875,42877,42878,42879,4288027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81428831756
Copper  (*)CopperCu1428713846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5142871344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1428714165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61428664135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2242871,428839895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)242871,428768173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21428719617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12142864663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1142863,42864,42865,42870,42871,42874,42875,42877,42878,42879,4288024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1442863,42864,42865,42869,42870,42871,42872,42874,42875,42877,42878,42879,42880,4288130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1428796890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3842863,42864,42866,42870,42871,42875,42877,4287914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te242871,42874804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31428795433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4242878,428795591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1428831487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4442863,42866,42871,4287914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2442863,42864,42871,4287812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2242871,428795674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1428714924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21428635800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21442863,42864,42865,42869,42870,42871,42872,42874,42875,42877,42878,42879,42880,4288317380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21428832273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21542863,42864,42865,42866,42869,42870,42871,42872,42874,42875,42877,42878,42879,42880,4288339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21428713106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8642863,42864,42870,42871,42877,428789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21642863,42864,42865,42866,42869,42870,42871,42872,42874,42875,42877,42878,42879,42880,42881,4288361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21428715614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)742863,42864,42866,42871,42872,42875,428796417
Silver  (*)CopperAg442871,42874,42878,428795186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1142863,42864,42865,42870,42871,42874,42875,42877,42878,42879,4288021482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)14287492
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2342866,42879,428833337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13242863,428711803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S242871,42878510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131428715317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O242866,428714899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2242866,428792562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)242864,428715251



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