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Locality Name:
Muxiga, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 217308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muxiga, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Anle Sn-polymetallic Deposit (Anlo Sn-polymetallic Deposit)
Aobaotugonao Ag Deposit

Latitude: 43°46'20"N
Longitude: 117°36'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.772222222222,117.61388888889
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DigeniteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1410012793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1410019052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21410015509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1410011966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41410015516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21410015171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1410015707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214100127198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81410011756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1410014165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1410011027
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)141001551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21410019617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS241001,4100224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314100114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214100112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21410015674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2141001252
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S514100172
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214100139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81410019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214100161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1410014894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1410015186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS241001,4100221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4141001668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131410015317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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