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Locality Name:
Tumed Left Banner (Tumote Zuoqi), Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 216751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tumed Left Banner (Tumote Zuoqi), Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Erdao'ao Au Deposit
Erdao'aoxi Au Deposit (West Erdao'ao Au Deposit)
Houshihua Au Deposit
Luchang Au Deposit
Shibaoqi Mine

Latitude: 40°48'47"N
Longitude: 111°9'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.813055555556,111.15055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Zircon

Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2	40789,40790	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	40789	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	40789	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	40790	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2	40789,40790	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40789,40790	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	40789,40790	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40789	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	40789,40790	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	40789,40790	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	40787,40788,40789,40790	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	40791	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	40789	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	40789	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	40787	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	40787,40789	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	40789	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	40790	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	40789	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	40789	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	40789,40790	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	40789	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	40789,40790	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	40790	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	40787,40789,40790	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40787	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	40789	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	40789,40790	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40787	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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