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Locality Name:
Binzhou, Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 226025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Binzhou, Shandong, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zouping Co.

Latitude: 36°52'59"N
Longitude: 117°41'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.883055555556,117.69166666667

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Berryite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lautite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21427783419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1427788803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61427782060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2242777,427785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)242777,4277811547
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1614277850
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4242777,427785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)242777,4277827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S242777,427785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242777,4277827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu242777,427783846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS242777,427784165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S242777,427781027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6242777,427784135
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4142778910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)242777,427788173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2242777,427789617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS242777,4277824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu242777,4277830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O242777,427786890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3242777,427785433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41427785591
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS14277832
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4142778198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4242777,4277814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2242777,4277812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21427785800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242777,4277817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)242777,427782349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21427781898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2242777,4277839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242777,4277861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21427785614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS242777,4277821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21427783337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131427781803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1427784899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21427782562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1427785251



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