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Locality Name:
Qian'an Co., Tangshan, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 216586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qian'an Co., Tangshan, Hebei, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Changcheng Mine (Great Wall Mine)
Dashihe Mine
Malanzhuang Mine
Qian'an Iron Mine
Xixiakou Mine
Zhaodianzi Mine

Latitude: 40°4'13"N
Longitude: 118°38'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.070277777778,118.63611111111
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1392588803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213925627198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6339258,39260,392614135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21392569895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13925624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13925630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3239258,3926214640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61392562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41392565591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41392591507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4639258,39260,39261,39262,39263,3926414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213925617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2339256,39258,3926039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2139256771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81392609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2539256,39258,39260,39261,3926261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21392595614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51392621516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1392565186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13925621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131392565317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21392562562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1392595251


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