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Locality Name:
Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1855
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1828

mindat Locality ID: 186544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hadamengou Au Deposit (Hadamenggou Au Deposit)
Wulashan Au Deposit

Latitude: 40°43'35"N
Longitude: 109°31'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.726388888889,109.52
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 Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTitaniteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1406938803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe18551828240693,40694489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)218551828240693,406943092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS185518281406949052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14069311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3185518281406941935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)18551828140694716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41406935516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe218551828140694361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18551828240693,4069427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1406931252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)18551828240693,406944979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1406935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218551828240693,4069427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18551828240693,406944165
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)18551828140694180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)185518281406948173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21406939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18551828240693,4069424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)185518281406947437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18551828240693,4069430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318551828240693,4069414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6185518281406942228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)18551828140694581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418551828240693,4069414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21855182814069412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21406935674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe218551828240693,40694207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18551828240693,406944924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2185518281406945800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218551828240693,4069417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18551828240693,406942349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe218551828240693,40694409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218551828240693,4069439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81406939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218551828240693,4069461156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18551828140694598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)185518281406946417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18551828240693,4069421482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe418551828240693,40694337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe140693190
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O185518281406944899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41406931655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)18551828140694939


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_081184218281835±7U/Pb zircon   Zircon  64525Wulashan Au Deposit, Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaWulashan - Lode No. 13McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_152185518371846±9U/Pb zircon   Zircon  64525Wulashan Au Deposit, Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China[Wulashan Gold Dep.]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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