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Locality Name:
Jinshan-Maquan-Miaoshan Gold Field, Li Co., Longnan, Gansu, China


mindat Locality ID: 186508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinshan-Maquan-Miaoshan Gold Field, Li Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Jinshan Au Deposit
Maquan Au Deposit
Miaoshan Au Deposit
Shigoushan Au Deposit

Latitude: 34°11'11"N
Longitude: 105°0'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.186388888889,105.00305555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1377228803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS237722,377239052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13772227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213772227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS237722,377232600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237722,3772324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu237722,3772330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1377222812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3237722,3772314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41377225591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413772214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2237722,3772317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237722,3772339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8237722,377239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237722,3772361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg237722,377235186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237722,3772321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3237722,377233418


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