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Locality Name:
Lingyuan Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 189097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lingyuan Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baizhangzi Au-Ag Deposit (Baizhanzi Au-Ag Deposit)
Beigou Au Deposit
Goumenzi Au Deposit
Hekanzi Mo Deposit
Maojiadian Au Deposit
Taipinggou Mn Deposit
Yezhugou Fe Deposit

Latitude: 40°49'22"N
Longitude: 119°12'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.822777777778,119.21361111111

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteKobelliteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTitaniteTridymite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)241969,419728803
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2141972295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1419699052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1419691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31419691935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)241969,4197227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S241969,419725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2341969,41970,4197227198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61419724135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2241969,419729895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21419729617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS241969,4197224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4141969192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1419707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu441969,41970,41971,4197330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3241970,4197514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4241969,419725591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4241969,4197214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2341969,41970,419725800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2241969,4197217380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)141972884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1419722349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21419722273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2341969,41972,4197539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81419729056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2341969,41972,4197361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1419741711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1419724894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)241969,419756417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS241969,4197221482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1419724899



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