Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chounikou Au Deposit, Lingshou Co., Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

mindat Locality ID: 243029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chounikou Au Deposit, Lingshou Co., Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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