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Locality Name:
Sandao Village (Tao District), Fengning Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 21130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandao Village (Tao District), Fengning Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°7'60"N
Longitude: 117°39'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.133333333333,117.66666666667
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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir Mg O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir Mg O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeGarnetIsomertieiteMeloniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
SpinelTitanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)Daomanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Goethite  (*)
Isomertieite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malanite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S40154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Daomanite  (*)NoneCuPtAsS205
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2048
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4035
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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