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Locality Name:
Baigan Lake (Baigan Hu), Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 228422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baigan Lake (Baigan Hu), Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baiganhu Au Deposit
Baiganhu W-Sn Ore Field

Latitude: 37°55'46"N
Longitude: 88°53'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.929444444444,88.886666666667

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Tungstite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Tungstite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	44121,44122,44123	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	44121,44123	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	44121	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44118	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	44121	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	44118,44121,44122,44123	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	44121,44122,44123	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	44118,44121	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	44118,44121,44122,44123	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44121	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	44121,44123	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44118	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44121	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	44123	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	44121,44123	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	44118,44121	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44118	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44118	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44118	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44118	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	44121,44123	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44121	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	44118,44121,44122,44123	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	44123	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	44118,44121,44122,44123	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	44118,44121	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	44118,44121,44122,44123	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44121	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	44121,44122,44123	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	44123	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	44118,44121	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	44121,44122,44123	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	44123	118
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44121	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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