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Locality Name:
Zhenjiang, Kuandian Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 256333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhenjiang, Kuandian Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dongbeigou Mo-(Cu-Au) Deposit
Hongjing Mine
Sanyi Mine
Wanbaoyuan Mo Deposit
Zhenjiang Au Deposit

Latitude: 40°44'31"N
Longitude: 125°24'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.741944444444,125.41583333333

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
TitaniteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1420272793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)242026,420278803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1420279052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21420275509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41420275516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)442024,42025,42026,4202727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1420274979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1420275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242025,4202627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS142027966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1420274165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1420271027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6242025,420274135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)342023,42025,420268173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12142027663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS342024,42026,4202724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu342023,42025,4202730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC242024,420272812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314202514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41420275591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4242025,4202714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21420275674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2342023,42025,420265800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2442023,42024,42026,4202717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2542023,42024,42025,42026,4202739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8242025,420279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2542023,42024,42025,42026,4202761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21420275614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2142027317
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51420271516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1420275186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS442024,42025,42026,4202721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131420275317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1420274899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1420275251



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