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Locality Name:
Tieling, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 233981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tieling, Liaoning, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Diaobingshan Co.
Kaiyuan Co.
Xifeng Co.

Latitude: 42°15'59"N
Longitude: 124°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.266388888889,124.16666666667
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 Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWollastonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14219127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214219127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21421909895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21421919617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14219024243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21421935800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214219117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2242190,4219139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81421919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214219161156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51421911516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS242190,4219121482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21421912562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31421881247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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