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Locality Name:
Chahar Right Back Banner (Chaha'er Youyi Houqi), Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


mindat Locality ID: 240309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chahar Right Back Banner (Chaha'er Youyi Houqi), Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Banshen Au Deposit
Bingtu Au Deposit

Latitude: 41°35'48"N
Longitude: 112°45'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.596666666667,112.75916666667

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteKaoliniteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14089627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214089627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1408958173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14089624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu240895,4089630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314089514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41408965591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414089514899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21408952273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214089639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21408963106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81408969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214089661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21408955614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14089621482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1408954899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1408955251



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