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Locality Name:
Xintaizi Au Ore Field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 254120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xintaizi Au Ore Field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mozigou Au Deposit
Yanzigou 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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeKaoliniteMica
NickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite
Ullmannite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31433651089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14336627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21433655171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2243365,4336627198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1433653846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS243365,433664165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS243365,4336624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1433657437
Gold  (*)CopperAu243365,4336630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314336514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41433665591
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2143365252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214336617380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3143365511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS143365767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2243365,4336639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81433659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243365,4336661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS143365712
Silver  (*)CopperAg1433655186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS243365,4336621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4243365,43366668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131433651803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13243365,433665317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS143365293


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