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Locality Name:
Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 528
Youngest recorded age at locality: 414

mindat Locality ID: 216385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guishan W Deposit
Qibao W-Mo Deposit
Shiji W Deposit
Xiaoliugou W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 39°7'16"N
Longitude: 98°9'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.121111111111,98.165

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tungstite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tungstite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	528	414	1	37829	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	528	414	1	37829	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	528	414	1	37829	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	528	414	1	37829	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	528	414	1	37829	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	528	414	1	37829	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	528	414	1	37829	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	528	414	1	37829	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	528	414	1	37829	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	528	414	1	37829	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	528	414	1	37829	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	528	414	1	37829	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	528	414	1	37829	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	528	414	1	37829	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	528	414	1	37829	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	528	414	1	37829	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	528	414	1	37829	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	528	414	1	37829	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	528	414	1	37829	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	528	414	1	37829	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	528	414	1	37829	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	528	414	1	37829	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	528	414	1	37829	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	528	414	1	37829	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	528	414	1	37829	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	528	414	1	37829	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	528	414	1	37829	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	528	414	2	37827,37829	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	528	414	1	37829	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	528	414	1	37829	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	528	414	1	37829	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	528	414	1	37829	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	528	414	1	37829	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	528	414	2	37827,37829	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	528	414	1	37829	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	528	414	1	37829	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	528	414	1	37829	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	528	414	1	37829	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	528	414	1	37829	118
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	528	414	1	37829	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	528	414	1	37829	1247

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00347	458	414	436±22	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-1	Molybdenite	Mo	144925	Xiaoliugou W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit, Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Mo-00348	528	464	496±32	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-10	Molybdenite	Mo	144925	Xiaoliugou W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit, Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Mo-00349	479	445	462±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-3	Molybdenite	Mo	144925	Xiaoliugou W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit, Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Mo-00350	490	460	475±15	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-6	Molybdenite	Mo	144925	Xiaoliugou W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit, Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Mo-00351	488	426	457±31	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-7	Molybdenite	Mo	144925	Xiaoliugou W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit, Qiqing, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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