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Locality Name:
Dongsheng District, Ordos League (E'erduosi Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 210645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dongsheng District, Ordos League (E'erduosi Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongsheng China Clay Deposits
U Deposit No. 2081
Zaohuohao U Deposit (Dongsheng U Deposit)

Latitude: 39°36'0"N
Longitude: 109°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6,109.96666666667
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 Na O P Pb S Se Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu H O P U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FluoriteKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel
Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Autunite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2240870,408712162
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6240870,40871248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)340869,40870,4087127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214087127198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe240870,40871281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81408711756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O240870,40871566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21408719895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1408718173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14087124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1408707437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314087114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31408695433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4340869,40870,408715591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414086914899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1408701508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2340869,40870,4087117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340869,40870,4087139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2240869,4087161156
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21408712718


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