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Locality Name:
Nailenggele Ore Field, Jinghe Co. (Jing Co.), Bo'ertala Autonomous Prefecture (Börtala Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 229607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nailenggele Ore Field, Jinghe Co. (Jing Co.), Bo'ertala Autonomous Prefecture (Börtala Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cu Deposit No. 3571
Lailisigao'er Cu-Mo Deposit
Qixing Zn-Pb Deposit

Latitude: 44°5'8"N
Longitude: 82°57'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.085555555556,82.958055555556

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGypsumMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1441782734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1441789052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14417827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214417827198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1441788173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14417824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1441786890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414417814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214417812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21441785674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2244177,441785800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214417817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2244177,4417839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2244177,4417861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14417821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131441785317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1441781025



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