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Locality Name:
Gaizhou Co., Yingkou, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 189109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaizhou Co., Yingkou, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Maoling Au Deposit (Maolin Au Deposit)
Wafangyu Mine
Wangjiaweizi Au Deposit (Wangjiawaizi Au Deposit)
Wolongquan Au Deposit
Zhaojiapuzi Au Deposit

Latitude: 40°13'30"N
Longitude: 122°36'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.225,122.60527777778

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 Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteFeldsparFluoriteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Sternbergite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1421582793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21421542162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51421541310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1421582734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS342154,42156,421589052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1421581966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41421585516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)242154,4215627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1421584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2342154,42156,4215827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1421584165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2242155,421589617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS442154,42155,42156,4215824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu342154,42156,4215830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC242154,421582812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314215414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4242154,4215814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21421545674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1421564924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21421585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2342154,42156,4215817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21421542273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2442154,42155,42156,4215839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8342154,42156,421589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2342154,42156,4215861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1421544894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51421541516
Silver  (*)CopperAg242156,421585186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS442154,42155,42156,4215821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)242154,42158978
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S314215862
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13242156,421585317



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