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Locality Name:
Shuangpengxi Au-Cu Deposit, Tongren Co., Huangnan, Qinghai, China


mindat Locality ID: 211989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuangpengxi Au-Cu Deposit, Tongren Co., Huangnan, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°34'0"N
Longitude: 102°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.566666666667,102.16666666667
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparGarnetGypsumMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur
VesuvianiteWollastonite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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