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Locality Name:
Dewulu Au-Cu Ore Field, Hezuo Co., Gannan, Gansu, China


mindat Locality ID: 232238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dewulu Au-Cu Ore Field, Hezuo Co., Gannan, Gansu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Labuzaika Au Deposit
Laodoucun Au 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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteWollastonite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS237547,375489052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41375475516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213754727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1375474165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6237547,375484135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13754724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu237547,3754830554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4237547,375485591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213754712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2237547,3754817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237547,3754839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237547,3754861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13754721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31375483418
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3237547,375481247


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