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Locality Name:
Guomisi-Gadaban Ore Field, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 521
Youngest recorded age at locality: 497

mindat Locality ID: 260698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guomisi-Gadaban Ore Field, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Daliugou Au Deposit
Gadaban Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Guomisi Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Haxionggou Polymetallic Occurrence
Wanyanghe Cu-Pb-Zn-polymetallic Deposit
Xiagou Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Xialiugou Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Xishanliang Au Deposit

Latitude: 38°14'49"N
Longitude: 100°1'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.246944444444,100.0225

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Jalpaite	Lepidocrocite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Jalpaite Lepidocrocite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	42306	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42306	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	42306	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	42306	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	42306	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	515	515	2	42304,42306	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	521	497	5	42303,42304,42306,42307,42308	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	42306	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	42306	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	42306	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	521	497	5	42303,42304,42306,42307,42308	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	515	515	2	42304,42306	4165
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			1	42306	126
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	42306	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	42306	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	521	497	5	42303,42304,42306,42307,42308	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	42306	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	42306	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	42306	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	42306	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	42306	804
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	42306	116
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	42306	581
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	515	515	2	42304,42306	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	42306	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	521	497	5	42303,42304,42306,42307,42308	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	515	515	1	42304	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	515	515	2	42304,42306	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	42306	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	42306	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	42306	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	521	497	5	42303,42304,42306,42307,42308	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	42306	668
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	42306	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	42306	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	521	497	4	42304,42306,42307,42308	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	42306	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	515	515	3	42303,42304,42306	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42306	2562

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00396	515	515	Middle Cambrian										S	192017	Guomisi Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Guomisi-Gadaban Ore Field, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China	Guomisi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00416	521	497	Middle Cambrian											260898	Xialiugou Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Guomisi-Gadaban Ore Field, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China	Xialiugou	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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