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Locality Name:
Tuotuohe Area (Tuotuo River Area), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China


mindat Locality ID: 254483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuotuohe Area (Tuotuo River Area), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chaqupacha Pb-Zn Deposit
Duocaima Pb-Zn Deposit
Kaixinling Fe Deposit
Nariniya Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 34°3'59"N
Longitude: 91°56'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.066388888889,91.9375
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Smithsonite  (*)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)1424588803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)342456,42457,4245811547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2142458700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)442456,42457,42458,4245927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214245927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2242458,424599895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1424588173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS342456,42457,4245924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1424587437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314245814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31424585433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4242458,424595591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414245814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242458,4245917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1424582349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2342456,42457,4245939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242458,4245961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21424585614
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)242456,424572473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS342456,42457,4245921482


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