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


mindat Locality ID: 229611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinghe Co. (Jing Co.), Bo'ertala Autonomous Prefecture (Börtala Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dongtujin Cu-Mo Deposit
Ebi Nur (Ebi Lake; Aibi Lake)
Kekesala-Aimusidaiyi Fe-Cu Deposit
Kendenggao'er Cu-Mo Deposit
Nailenggele Ore Field
Seleteguole Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 44°19'47"N
Longitude: 82°57'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.329722222222,82.955833333333

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBlöditeCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Blödite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)21441743419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)244173,441748803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31441741534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1441782734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS244174,441789052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21441745509
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O144172130
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41441745516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)244173,4417827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2444173,44174,44178,4417927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1441734165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6244173,441744135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)344173,44174,441788173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS344173,44174,4417824243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31441741544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O244172,441786890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1441721398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314417314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4344173,44174,4417814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2344173,44174,4417812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2244173,441785674
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O144172223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2544173,44174,44177,44178,441795800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2244173,4417817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2444173,44174,44177,4417839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81441749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2444173,44174,44177,4417861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS344173,44174,4417821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13244173,441785317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)144172299
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2244173,441742562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10244173,441741395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31441741247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1441781025



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