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Locality Name:
Zhen'an District, Dandong, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 189099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhen'an District, Dandong, Liaoning, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wulong Orefield

Latitude: 40°12'30"N
Longitude: 124°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.208333333333,124.25

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteKaoliniteKobelliteMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS242035,420369052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1420361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3242035,420361935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41420365516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)342034,42035,4203627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1420345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2342034,42035,4203627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2242034,420359895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21420369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS342034,42035,4203624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4142036192
Gold  (*)CopperAu342034,42035,4203630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1420352812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41420365591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214203412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242035,4203617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2342034,42035,4203639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8242035,420369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242035,4203661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)242035,420364894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51420351516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1420365186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS342034,42035,4203621482



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