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Locality Name:
Min Co., Dingxi, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 185942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Min Co., Dingxi, Gansu, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bojigou Au Deposit
Ganzhai Sb Deposit
Lu'erba Au Deposit
Mawu Au Deposit
Zhaishang Au Deposit

Latitude: 34°24'4"N
Longitude: 104°5'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.401111111111,104.08805555556

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zinkenite

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 Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite
Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zinkenite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Muthmannite ()*	Nickel ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Petzite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	37534,37536	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	37534,37536	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	37532,37533,37534,37535,37536	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	37536	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	37533,37534,37536	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37536	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	37536	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	37532,37533,37534,37536	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	37536	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	37536	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37536	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37536	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	37536	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	37532	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	37536	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	37536	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	37536	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	37536	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	37532,37534,37536	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37533	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	37532,37535,37536	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	37536	192
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	37536	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37536	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	37532,37534,37535,37536	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	37536	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	37535,37536	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	37536	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	37532,37534,37535,37536	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	37536	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37532,37534,37536	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	37536	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37533	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	37536	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37536	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	37532,37534,37535,37536	17380
Muthmannite ()*	None	AuAgTe₂	1	37536	7
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	37536	57
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	37536	767
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	37536	409
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	37536	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	37532,37533,37534,37535,37536	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	37532,37533,37534,37535,37536	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	37536	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	37536	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37536	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37536	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	37536	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	37532,37534,37536	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5	37532,37533,37534,37535,37536	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	37536	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37536	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37534	2562
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	37532	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	37536	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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