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Locality Name:
Guyuan Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 225493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guyuan Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guyuan U-Mo Deposit (U-Mo Deposit No. 460)
U-Mo Deposit No. 335
U-Mo Deposit No. 534

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBetpakdaliteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedriteZippeiteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Moluranite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1393318803
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]13933015
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6139331248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13933127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213933027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1393302600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81393311756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O139330566
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1393318173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2239330,393319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13933024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3239330,3933114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31393315433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)239330,39331123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2239330,39331102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4239330,393315591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2239330,393315674
Moluranite  (*)NoneH4U4+(UO2)3(MoO4)7·18H2O1393306
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21393305800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1393301508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2239330,3933139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2239330,3933161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13933021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131393305317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2239330,393312718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O139331890
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41393301655
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4139330175



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