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Locality Name:
Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 189

mindat Locality ID: 186440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Gayiqiong Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Deposit
Kongmasi Hg Deposit
Lianlong Sn-Ag-Bi Deposit
Maqiong
Nongduke Au-Ag-polymetallic Deposit (Nongdouke Au-Ag-polymetallic Deposit)
Ronggong Deposit (Ronghong Deposit)
Shengmolong Deposit
Xiacun Ag Deposit (Jiacun Ag Deposit)

Latitude: 31°17'12"N
Longitude: 99°23'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.286666666667,99.394166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pavonite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	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 Cd Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Digenite Enargite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lillianite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pavonite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zinkenite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mannardite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Montroydite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramdohrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillénite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulvanite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	245	189	2	43348,43353	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	245	189	3	43346,43348,43350	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	245	189	1	43348	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	245	189	1	43348	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	245	189	6	43344,43346,43348,43351,43352,43353	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	189	2	43344,43348	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	189	4	43344,43348,43350,43353	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	43346	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	245	189	1	43348	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	245	189	2	43348,43353	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	245	189	2	43348,43353	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	189	5	43344,43346,43348,43349,43353	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	43346	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	189	1	43348	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	217	217	1	43344	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	189	7	43344,43346,43348,43349,43351,43352,43353	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	245	189	1	43348	162
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	189	1	43348	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	245	189	1	43348	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	245	189	1	43348	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	43346	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	189	2	43344,43348	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	245	189	1	43348	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	189	2	43346,43348	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	189	9	43344,43345,43346,43348,43349,43350,43351,43352,43353	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	245	189	3	43348,43350,43353	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	245	189	1	43348	121
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	43346	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	189	1	43348	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	43346	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	189	1	43348	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	245	189	1	43348	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	245	189	2	43344,43348	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	245	189	1	43348	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	245	189	2	43348,43350	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	189	2	43346,43348	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	189	2	43344,43348	12537
Mannardite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₆V³⁺₂)O₁₆	245	189	1	43348	12
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			1	43345	255
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	43350	1508
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO			1	43350	29
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	189	7	43344,43345,43346,43348,43349,43350,43353	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			2	43345,43350	511
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅			1	43346	72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	245	189	1	43348	249
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	233	233	1	43353	100
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	245	189	2	43348,43353	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	189	9	43344,43345,43346,43348,43349,43350,43351,43352,43353	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	43345	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	245	189	6	43344,43346,43348,43351,43352,43353	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	189	6	43344,43346,43348,43349,43350,43353	61156
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄			1	43350	34
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	43350	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	43345	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	245	189	2	43348,43350	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	43346	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	217	217	1	43344	6417
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀			1	43346	26
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	245	189	1	43348	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	245	189	2	43344,43348	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	189	9	43344,43345,43346,43348,43349,43350,43351,43352,43353	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	43346	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	43350	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	245	189	2	43348,43353	332
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	245	189	2	43348,43353	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	245	189	2	43348,43350	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	245	189	4	43344,43348,43349,43353	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	245	189	1	43348	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43346	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	43346	1395
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	43350	228

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00395	217	217	Late Triassic	S	186441	Gayiqiong Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Deposit, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Gayiqiong	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00394	245	189	Upper Triassic (217±28, Re-Os)	S	146933	Gacun Mine, Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Gacun	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00415	233	233	Late-Middle Triassic	S	144903	Xiacun Ag Deposit (Jiacun Ag Deposit), Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Xiacun	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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