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Locality Name:
Tongyugou Mine, Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 191851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongyugou Mine, Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°26'0"N
Longitude: 99°41'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.433333333333,99.683333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	250	250	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	250	250	1036
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	250	250	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	250	250	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	250	250	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	250	250	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	250	250	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	250	250	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	250	250	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	250	250	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	250	250	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	250	250	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	250	250	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	250	250	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	250	250	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	250	250	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	250	250	668

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00414	250	250	Permian-Triassic										S	191851	Tongyugou Mine, Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China	Tongyugou	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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