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Locality Name:
Qianshan District, Anshan, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 195059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qianshan District, Anshan, Liaoning, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dagushan Mine
Donganshan Mine
Heishilazi Fe Deposit
Laihe Fe Deposit
Qidashan Mine
Xianshan Fe Deposit (Anshan West Fe Deposit)
Yanqianshan Mine
Yingtaoyuan Fe Deposit

Latitude: 41°4'27"N
Longitude: 123°2'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.074166666667,123.03416666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Laihunite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21418843092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61418852060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14188427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214188427198
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3641882,41884,41886,41887,41888,4188914640
Laihunite  (*)None(Fe3+,Fe2+,   )2(SiO4)14188515
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4741882,41884,41885,41886,41887,41888,4188914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214188917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214188439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81418849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541884,41885,41886,41887,4188961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1418846417
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21418842562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110051Laihe Fe Deposit, Qianshan District, Anshan, Liaoning, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R110051

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