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Locality Name:
Minhe Co., Haidong, Qinghai, China


mindat Locality ID: 242999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minhe Co., Haidong, Qinghai, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Xiamen Au Deposit
Xigou 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMalachiteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS242336,423379052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14233627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242336,4233727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS242336,423374165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS242336,4233724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu242336,4233730554
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1423361487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414233714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2242336,4233712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214233617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2242336,4233739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81423379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242336,4233761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS242336,4233721482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21423363337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131423375317


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