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Locality Name:
Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 480
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 192019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Daheishan W Deposit
Duolalongwa Au Deposit
Honggou Cu Deposit
Huashizhang Mine
Langlike Mine
Songshunangou Au Deposit
Tongchanggou Cu-Au Deposit
Zhihe U Occurrence

Latitude: 37°28'0"N
Longitude: 101°16'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.466666666667,101.27694444444

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42291	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	42291,42296	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	445	445	2	42293,42297	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	42298	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	445	445	2	42293,42297	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	42296	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	42296,42297	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	42291,42296,42298	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	445	445	2	42293,42296	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	480	445	5	42291,42293,42295,42296,42297	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	445	445	1	42293	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	445	445	3	42293,42296,42297	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	42291	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	42297	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	42291,42296,42297	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	42291,42294	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	445	445	4	42291,42293,42296,42297	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	42296,42297	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	445	445	3	42293,42296,42298	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42291	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	445	445	4	42291,42293,42296,42297	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	445	445	2	42293,42297	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	42297	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	480	480	2	42291,42295	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	42291,42296,42297	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	480	445	5	42291,42293,42295,42296,42297	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	480	480	2	42291,42295	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	42291,42296,42297	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	42291	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	42291	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	42291	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	480	445	5	42291,42293,42295,42296,42297	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	42291	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	42291	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42291	2562
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	42298	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	42291	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	42291	1247

2 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-00397	445	445	Late Ordovician										S	145060	Honggou Cu Deposit, Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China	Honggou	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00403	480	480	Early Ordovician										S	192018	Langlike Mine, Menyuan Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China	Langlik	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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