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Locality Name:
Plain Blue Banner (Zhenglan Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 231226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plain Blue Banner (Zhenglan Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yangtizishan-Moshishan Ti Deposit

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Ferro-anthophyllite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1411178803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31411172353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21411172162
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1411171036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2141117718
Ferro-anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21411175
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2141117178
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2141117223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314111714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31411175433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214111717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214111761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21411175614


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