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Locality Name:
Yanggao Co., Datong, Shanxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 216858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanggao Co., Datong, Shanxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buziwan Mine (Puziwan Mine; Boziwan Mine; Baoziwan Mine; Poziwan Mine)
Jiuduigou Mo Deposit

Latitude: 40°19'39"N
Longitude: 113°35'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.3275,113.58611111111
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1431592793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14315911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41431595516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1431595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2243159,4316027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1431593846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21431609895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14315924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14315930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314315914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31431595433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41431595591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414315914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21431605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2243159,4316017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2243159,4316039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81431599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243159,4316061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1431595186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14315921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131431591803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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