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Locality Name:
Gangcheng District, Laiwu, Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 216833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gangcheng District, Laiwu, Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tietonggou Intrusion
Xueye Carbonatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyrite
RocksaltRutileSpinelTitaniteWurtziteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Moissanite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214300727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1430072600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21430079617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14300724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314300714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31430075433
Lead  (*)CopperPb143007192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414300714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214300712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21430075674
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC14300757
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21430082273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214300739462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21430075614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1430074899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1430075251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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