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Locality Name:
Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 208
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 189135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Aonaodaba Sn-Cu-Ag Deposit
Baiyinnuo'er Pb-Zn-polymetallic Deposit (Baiyinnuo Pb-Zn-polymetallic Deposit)
Dongshanwan W-Sn-Be Deposit
Haobugao Cu-polymetallic Deposit
Hobgol Zn-Pb Deposit
Luotuochang Mine (Camelfield Mine)
Palinshih Meteorite (Palinch'i)
Shuangjianzishan Ag-polymetallic Deposit
Taibudai Cu Deposit
Tuofengshan Cu-Fe Deposit
Zhongduan Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 44°26'30"N
Longitude: 119°3'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.441666666667,119.05777777778

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmorphousAmphiboleArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumIlvaiteIronJalpaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePolybasitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTopazVesuvianiteWollastonite

77 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Iron  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S340962,40963,409692793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220890240963,409653419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS14096987
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)340962,40963,409718803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)320890240963,409651534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20890340962,40963,409659052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14097111547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181409644286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1409631966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4340962,40963,409675516
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2140963101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20890540962,40963,40965,40969,4097127770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS614096991
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S2314096341
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO220890340962,40964,409655171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S240962,409715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220890740962,40963,40965,40967,40969,40970,4097127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1409621382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1409713846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5140963344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1409714165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8140963126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1409711027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620890240963,409654135
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)140962180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20890640962,40963,40965,40967,40969,409718173
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)22089014096557
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)220890140965271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220890440962,40963,40965,409719617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3140962105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20890740962,40963,40965,40966,40969,40971,4097224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu240963,4096730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)320890240963,409651544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)220890140965223
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6140963113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1409716890
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S914096343
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)220890140965209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O620890240963,40965741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32089014096514640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)20890240963,40965197
Iron  (*)IronFe1409681089
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2140962116
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O614096373
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4440962,40967,40969,409715591
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6140963128
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs220890240962,40965762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420890340963,40965,4096714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214096712537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi14096388
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2240962,409695674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS814096392
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2140962300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS220890240962,409655800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220890540962,40963,40965,40967,4097117380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs140963633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1409712994
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S2214096310
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]340962,40963,40969716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3340962,40963,409691425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220890640962,40963,40965,40967,40969,4097139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2140969771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820890340962,40963,409659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220890740962,40963,40964,40965,40967,40969,4097161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21409625614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1409634894
Silver  (*)CopperAg340962,40963,409695186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1409632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20890740962,40963,40965,40966,40969,40971,4097221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4240962,40963668
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)140968703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1320890240963,409651803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1320890440962,40963,40965,409715317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21409621476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1020890240963,409651395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO320890240963,409651247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1409631025



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0016220890Yanshanian        143926Haobugao Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaHaobugaoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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