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Locality Name:
Tumen Co., Yanbian Chaoxianzu, Jilin, China


mindat Locality ID: 221194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tumen Co., Yanbian Chaoxianzu, Jilin, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tianbaoshan Polymetallic Ore Field

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteKaolinite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1418529052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14185211547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31418521089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)241853,4185527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2341853,41854,4185527198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1418521025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61418544135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)241853,418558173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS341853,41854,4185524243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41418555591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414185414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21418535800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2241853,4185517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214185539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81418549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241853,4185561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS341853,41854,4185521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131418525317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2241854,418552562



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