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Locality Name:
Arxan Co. (A'ershan Co.), Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 232247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arxan Co. (A'ershan Co.), Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dashan Mo Occurrence
Huagangshan Mo-(Cu) Deposit
Nanxing'an Mo Deposit

Latitude: 47°20'48"N
Longitude: 120°6'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.346666666667,120.10333333333
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)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)21407663419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2240766,4076727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1407668173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2240765,407679617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41407675591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414076514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214076612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2340765,40766,407675800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3140766140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2240766,4076717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2240766,4076739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2340765,40766,4076761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS240765,4076621482


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