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Locality Name:
Old Barag Banner (Chenba'erhu Co.), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 189134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Barag Banner (Chenba'erhu Co.), Hulunbuir League (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Babayi Cu-Mo Deposit (Deposit No. 881)
Badaguan Cu-Mo Deposit
Liuyi Sulphide Deposit
Xie'ertala Mine

Latitude: 49°41'24"N
Longitude: 119°38'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.69,119.6375

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1408548803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31408561534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21408563092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4240854,408565516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)240854,4085627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S240854,408565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2440853,40854,40855,4085627198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61408564135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)240854,408568173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21408569617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS340854,40855,4085624243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6140856741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314085614640
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4140856229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4240854,4085614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214085412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2240853,408545800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2240854,4085517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1408562994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340854,40855,4085639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81408559056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2340854,40855,4085661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1408564894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1408566417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS340854,40855,4085621482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S140856510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13240854,408565317



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