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Locality Name:
Garzê Co. (Ganzi Co.), Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 195069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garzê Co. (Ganzi Co.), Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gala Mine
Kalelong Mine
Malong Au Deposit
Qiuluo Au-Sb Deposit
Seka Au Deposit
Shengkang Au Deposit

Latitude: 31°44'30"N
Longitude: 99°59'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.741666666667,99.991666666667

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.

Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramdohrite ()*	Realgar ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43384	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43384	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	43384,43387,43388,43389	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	43387	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	43387	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43387	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43384,43387	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	43384,43387	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	43384,43387	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	43387	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	43384	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	43384,43387	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	43385	180
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	43385	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43385,43387	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43384	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	43384,43387	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43387	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43384	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43387	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43387	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	43384,43387,43388,43389	17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	43384	57
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	43384	767
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	43385	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	43384,43387,43388,43389	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43387	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43384,43387	61156
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄	1	43385	34
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	43387	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	43384,43385,43387	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	43384,43387,43388,43389	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	43384,43387	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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