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


mindat Locality ID: 229492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tekesi Co. (Tekes Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ergedai Au Deposit
Haladala Complex
Kekesu River Valley
Kuolasayi Fe-Zn Deposit (Kulesayi Fe-Zn Deposit)
Qiaolake Au Deposit
Qingbulake Cu-Ni Deposit (Jingbulake Cu-Ni Deposit)

Latitude: 42°55'59"N
Longitude: 82°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.933055555556,82.299722222222
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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteLawsonite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelane

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Annite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
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)21446893419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1446858803
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2144683356
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61446832060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)244683,4468727770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61446834135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)344683,44685,446878173
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)214468354
Gold  (*)CopperAu244683,4468630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1446862812
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2144683209
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31446835433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41446865591
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O144685121
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4244683,4468714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2544683,44685,44686,44687,4468917380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21446832273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2244686,4468739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81446879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2344685,44686,4468761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14468721482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O144685456


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