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


mindat Locality ID: 185763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pobei Ore District, Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hongshishan Cu-Ni Deposit
Luodong Cu-Ni Deposit
Poshi Ni-(Cu) Deposit
Poyi Intrusion

Latitude: 40°34'29"N
Longitude: 91°28'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.574722222222,91.472222222222
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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMicaMilleriteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTalcTitaniteValleriite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61441552060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41441555516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1441555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2344153,44154,4415527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41441533902
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6144155944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1441548173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4244153,4415514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2244154,4415512537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1441551066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs144155633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8344153,44154,441551512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21441552273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8344153,44154,441559056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214415361156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4244153,441551934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21441553337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1441554899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21441552562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]144155237


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