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


mindat Locality ID: 229500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kekesu River Valley, Tekesi Co. (Tekes Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Blueschist Outcrops
Gold Occurrence

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteLawsoniteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzStilpnomelane

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lawsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1446858803
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1446858173
Gold  (*)CopperAu14468630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1446862812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41446865591
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O144685121
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2244685,4468617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214468639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2244685,4468661156
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O144685456


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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