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Locality Name:
Zhaosu Co., Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhaosu Co., Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Atantayi Valley
Bulukebulake Cu-Au Occurrence
Dongdegou
Dongdegoulisayi Mine
Habutengsu Valley
Jiamantai Mn Deposit
Qietemusi Cu-(Ag) Deposit
Shuimogou Cu-Au Deposit
Zhaosu Mn Deposit

Latitude: 42°29'31"N
Longitude: 81°5'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.491944444444,81.087222222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*
Barroisite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Katophorite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

45 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	1	44720	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	44717,44721,44724	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44721	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	44724	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44724	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	44717,44721	49
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44724	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	44719,44721,44722,44724,44725	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44724	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44721	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44724	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	44724	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	44721,44725	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	44717,44721,44724	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44724	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	44717,44721	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44724	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44718	30554
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	44720	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	44717,44719	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44717	46
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	44724	581
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44717	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	44719	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	44717,44719,44720	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44724	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	44725	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	44724	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	44717,44721,44724	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	44717,44721	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44717,44721	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	44719	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44721,44724	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	44722,44725	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	44717,44720,44721,44724	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	44722,44725	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	44717,44719,44721	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44724	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	44719	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44717,44719	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44724	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44721	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44720	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	44719	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44721	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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