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Locality Name:
Shihu-Tuling Gold Field, Lingshou Co., Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 244885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shihu-Tuling Gold Field, Lingshou Co., Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Langyakou Au-Ag Deposit
Shihu Au Deposit
Tuling Au Deposit

Latitude: 38°39'41"N
Longitude: 114°3'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.661388888889,114.06305555556

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb Ru S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparKaolinite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1392458803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13924511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41392455516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)239245,3924627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2239245,3924627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2239245,392469895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)239245,392468173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS239245,3924624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu239245,3924630554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3139245104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313924514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41392455591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413924514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2239245,3924617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2239245,3924639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81392459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2239245,3924661156
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu13924546
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51392451516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1392455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS239245,3924621482



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