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Locality Name:
Gongpoquan Ore Field, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China


mindat Locality ID: 231811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gongpoquan Ore Field, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gongpoquan Cu Deposit
Heishishan Cu Deposit
Yaojingang Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 41°43'11"N
Longitude: 97°8'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.719722222222,97.136666666667
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mullite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)21376263419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1376268803
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3137626544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21376265509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41376265516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13762627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1376265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213762627198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1376263846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1376264165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1376268173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13762624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313762614640
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O13762649
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61376262228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41376265591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413762614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213762612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21376265800
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)13762678
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213762617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213762639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2137626771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213762661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13762621482


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