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Locality Name:
Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 189

mindat Locality ID: 244605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gacun Mine
Youre Mine

Latitude: 31°11'4"N
Longitude: 99°32'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.184444444444,99.538333333333

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Covellite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mannardite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	245	189	1	43348	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	245	189	1	43348	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	245	189	1	43348	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	245	189	1	43348	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	245	189	1	43348	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	189	1	43348	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	189	1	43348	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	245	189	1	43348	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	245	189	1	43348	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	245	189	1	43348	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	189	2	43348,43349	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	189	1	43348	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	189	2	43348,43349	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	245	189	1	43348	162
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	189	1	43348	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	245	189	1	43348	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	245	189	1	43348	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	189	1	43348	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	245	189	1	43348	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	189	1	43348	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	189	2	43348,43349	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	245	189	1	43348	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	245	189	1	43348	121
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	189	1	43348	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	189	1	43348	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	245	189	1	43348	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	245	189	1	43348	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	245	189	1	43348	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	245	189	1	43348	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	189	1	43348	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	189	1	43348	12537
Mannardite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₆V³⁺₂)O₁₆	245	189	1	43348	12
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	189	2	43348,43349	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	245	189	1	43348	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	245	189	1	43348	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	189	2	43348,43349	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	245	189	1	43348	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	189	2	43348,43349	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	245	189	1	43348	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	245	189	1	43348	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	245	189	1	43348	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	189	2	43348,43349	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	245	189	1	43348	332
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	245	189	1	43348	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	245	189	1	43348	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	245	189	2	43348,43349	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	245	189	1	43348	4899

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00394	245	189	Upper Triassic (217±28, Re-Os)										S	146933	Gacun Mine, Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Gacun	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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