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Locality Name:
Jinling Au Deposit, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 243935
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243935.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinling Au Deposit, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bunan Mine
Bushang Mine

Latitude: 37°25'29"N
Longitude: 120°16'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.424722222222,120.28305555556

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21429675509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31429671935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14296727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1429675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242966,4296727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21429679895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14296724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu242966,4296730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314296714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41429665591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414296714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214296712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242966,4296717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214296739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81429679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242966,4296761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14296721482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S142967510



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