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Locality Name:
Hetian Co. (Khotan Co.; Hotan Co.; Hoten Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 225983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hetian Co. (Khotan Co.; Hotan Co.; Hoten Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Abaleke Cu-Ni Deposit
Akeqi Village
Mo'erlike Salt Flats

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDiamondEpidoteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Halite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21443465509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41443465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14434627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214434627198
Diamond  (*)DiamondC144347697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61443464135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1443468173
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1443481398
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3244346,443475433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414434614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214434612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214434639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81443469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214434661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21443475614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41443471934


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