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Locality Name:
Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan


mindat Locality ID: 21188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chang-Len Level 1
Chang-Len Level 3
Pen-Shan Ore Body

Latitude: 25°6'20"N
Longitude: 121°51'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.105555555556,121.85916666667

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteGeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
MeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiitePharmacosideritePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitanite
WurtziteZircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Aktashite  (*)Alunite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Gruzdevite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schwertmannite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Variscite  (*)Velikite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12022
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62115466,115467966
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2115466,11546711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311154671089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21115467361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111546727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11154674979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111546727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2115465,1154672600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43115465,115466,115467910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41115467163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111546724243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231115467133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11154667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3115465,115466,11546730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15111546724
Gruzdevite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3Sb4S1205
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41115467198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2115465,115467397
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40112
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O099
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23115465,115466,11546739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23115465,115466,11546761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O037
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11154671153
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3064
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111546721482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11154652045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311154671803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311154675317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Velikite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2HgSnS405
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1115465372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060390Pen-Shan Ore Body, Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwanhttps://rruff.info/R060390


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