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Locality Name:
Tuquan Co., Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 216750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuquan Co., Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chentaitun Cu Deposit
Lianhuashan Mine
Naoniushan Cu-(Au) Deposit

Latitude: 45°41'59"N
Longitude: 121°43'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.699722222222,121.72916666667

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)2240777,407783419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1407778803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS340776,40777,407789052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21407785509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4240776,407785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)240776,4077727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1407765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2340776,40777,4077827198
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)140777180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)240777,407788173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS240777,4077824243
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2140778223
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te140777804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4340776,40777,407785591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414077714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214077812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21407765674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21407785800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2340776,40777,4077817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1407772994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]140777716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31407771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340776,40777,4077839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8240777,407789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2340776,40777,4077861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS340776,40777,4077821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13240776,407775317



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