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Locality Name:
Kuwei River Valley, Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 192206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuwei River Valley, Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kuwei Cu-Ni Deposit
Kuwei Pegmatite Field

Latitude: 47°25'4"N
Longitude: 89°26'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.417777777778,89.437777777778
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 Be Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayGarnetMicaNoneOlivinePentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneRutileSpinelTitanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61445542060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181445554286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214455427198
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2144554327
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6144554944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1445541188
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414455414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214455517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81445541512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214455439462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21445545614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31445551214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6144555688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1445544899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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