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Locality Name:
Jinlongshan Au Ore Field, Zhen'an Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 254768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinlongshan Au Ore Field, Zhen'an Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guloushan Au-Sb Deposit
Jinlongshan Au-Sb Depost
Qiuling Au-Hg-Sb Deposit
Yangjialing Au-Hg-Sb Deposit
Yaojian Au-Hg-Sb Deposit

Latitude: 33°12'14"N
Longitude: 109°2'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.203888888889,109.04138888889

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparFluorite
KaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)242731,427328803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2342730,42731,427323092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS442730,42731,42732,427349052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)442730,42731,42732,4273411547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11142731843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)442730,42731,42732,4273427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)242730,427314979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2442730,42731,42732,4273427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS342730,42731,427322600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4342730,42731,42732651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2242731,427329895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21427319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS242730,4273124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu242730,4273230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC242730,427312812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3242730,4273114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41427315591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414273014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)242731,427324924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2442730,42731,42732,4273417380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS142731767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2442730,42731,42732,4273439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81427319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2442730,42731,42732,4273461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS142731712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O242730,427311153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS442730,42731,42732,4273421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3442730,42731,42732,427343418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13242731,427321803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131427315317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3342730,42731,42732369



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