Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guyang Co., Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2647
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2491

mindat Locality ID: 186547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guyang Co., Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Chaqin Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd Deposit
Gongyiming Fe Deposit
Hujigou
Laoyanghao Au Deposit
Liangqian Au Deposit
Shi'erhao Au Occurrence
Shibaqinghao Au Deposit
Songshubei Au Deposit

Latitude: 41°0'3"N
Longitude: 110°8'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.000833333333,110.13333333333

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	40723	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	40719	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	40719	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	40721,40722,40724	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	40717,40720	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			2	40721,40724	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	40717,40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	40719	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	40717	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	40721,40722,40724	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			6	40717,40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			5	40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	40721,40722,40723,40724	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2570	2560	4	40718,40721,40722,40724	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	40721,40722,40724	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	40724	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	40721,40722,40723,40724	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	40717	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	40717,40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	40717,40723,40724	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	40719,40720,40721,40722,40723,40724	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	40719	1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	40717	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	40721,40722,40724	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	40719	1934

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
OGR63_388_0001	2576	2548	2562 ± 14	U-Pb	mineralization	zircon	Zircon		186551	Gongyiming Fe Deposit, Guyang Co., Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Gongyiming Fe Deposit	Li (2014)		OGR63_388
OGR63_388_0002	2647	2491	2569 ± 78	U-Pb	mineralization	zircon	Zircon		186551	Gongyiming Fe Deposit, Guyang Co., Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Gongyiming Fe Deposit	Li (2014)		OGR63_388
OGR63_388_0003	2611	2499	2555 ±56	U-Pb	rock post-dates mineralization	zircon	Zircon		186551	Gongyiming Fe Deposit, Guyang Co., Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Gongyiming Fe Deposit	Li (2014)		OGR63_388
OGR63_388-00001	2570	2560	2570-2560					Fe	186551	Gongyiming Fe Deposit, Guyang Co., Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Gongyiming	Liu et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.011	OGR63_388

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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