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Locality Name:
Honghuagou Gold Field, Songshan District, Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 224736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Honghuagou Gold Field, Songshan District, Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Honghuagou Au Deposit
Lianhuashan Au Deposit
Suohugou Au Deposit

Latitude: 42°15'35"N
Longitude: 118°47'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.259722222222,118.79861111111
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMeneghinite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTalc

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1410432793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3141043315
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14104327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2241043,4104427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1410434165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1410438173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14104324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu241043,4104430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314104314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414104314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21410445800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214104317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241043,4104439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2141043771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81410439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241043,4104461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21410435614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1410435186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14104321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31410433418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21410433337


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