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Locality Name:
Luanping Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 187797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luanping Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Damiao Complex
Habaqin Au Deposit
Tiema-Habaqin Complex
Zhoutaizi Fe Deposit

Latitude: 41°5'11"N
Longitude: 117°36'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.086388888889,117.61527777778
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: As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H In Ir Mg O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteCopperDigeniteFluoriteIsomertieiteMalachiteMeloniteNickelineNone
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Damiaoite  (*)Daomanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Malanite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Yixunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4239142,391455516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4239142,39145154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2339142,39143,3914527198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe139145281
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS239142,39145124
Damiaoite  (*)FluoritePtIn21391422
Daomanite  (*)NoneCuPtAsS21391455
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1391451027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61391454135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13914324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu239143,3914530554
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As213914548
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)139145116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4239142,3914514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213914312537
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S413914235
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2239142,39145133
Platinum  (*)CopperPt139145485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2239143,3914539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2239143,3914561156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2239142,39145337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13914321482
Yixunite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3In1391422


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