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Locality Name:
Huangnan, Qinghai, China


mindat Locality ID: 192021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huangnan, Qinghai, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tongren Co.
ZĂȘkog Co. (Zeku Co.)

Latitude: 35°28'45"N
Longitude: 101°59'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.479166666667,101.9875

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteSulphurVesuvianiteWollastonite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2242493,424973419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)242493,424978803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS342493,42496,424999052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61424952060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2242493,424975509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1424971966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31424971935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41424975516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)242493,4249727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21425015171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1424975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2442493,42494,42496,4249727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1424974165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1424972970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6442493,42494,42495,424974135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21424979895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)242494,424978173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS542493,42494,42497,42499,4250124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu242493,4249730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31424971544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1424976890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314249314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61424972228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414249714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2242493,4249712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21425015674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O142497915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2342493,42494,424975800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2342493,42494,4249717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2542493,42496,42497,42499,4250139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21424973106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8442493,42496,42497,424999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2342493,42494,4249761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)242494,424974894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1424976417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS542493,42494,42497,42499,4250121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1424972045
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21424972562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101424971395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31424971247



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