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Locality Name:
Aketao Co. (Akto Co.; Aqto Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 228410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aketao Co. (Akto Co.; Aqto Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ba'erdalun Quartz Mine
Kalama Mine
Kayizi Mo Deposit
Kule Mo Deposit
Kungaishan Cu Deposit
Subashi (Subashen)
Tamu Quartz Mine
Tamu-Kalangu Belt (Tam-Kalanfu Belt; Tamu-Kala Belt)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Modderite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Modderite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Modderite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Vivianite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			4	44387,44392,44394,44395	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	419	299	2	44399,44401	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	419	299	3	44388,44399,44401	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	44388,44392	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	44392	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419	299	3	44388,44389,44399	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	419	299	2	44399,44401	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	44388	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	44388,44392	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	419	299	5	44388,44389,44398,44399,44401	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	419	299	1	44399	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	44395	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	44388,44392	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	44394,44395	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419	299	5	44388,44395,44398,44399,44401	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	44392	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	419	299	1	44399	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	299	6	44388,44398,44399,44400,44401,44402	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	44388	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44388	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	419	299	3	44392,44399,44401	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	44392	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	44395	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	419	299	2	44399,44401	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	44388,44392	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	419	299	2	44399,44401	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	44394	139
Modderite ()*	Modderite	CoAs	419	299	1	44399	5
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	44389,44391	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	44388,44389,44391	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	44388	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	419	299	2	44388,44399	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419	299	6	44388,44389,44392,44398,44399,44401	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419	299	7	44387,44388,44391,44392,44395,44396,44399	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	44392,44395	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂			1	44388	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	44388	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	419	299	1	44399	249
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	44395	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419	299	6	44388,44398,44399,44400,44401,44402	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	44394	4899

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002453	419	299	Devonian and Carboniferous											225386	Tamu-Kalangu Belt (Tam-Kalanfu Belt; Tamu-Kala Belt), Aketao Co. (Akto Co.; Aqto Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Tamu-Kalangu Pb Zn Belt	Zhu et al. (1997)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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