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Locality Name:
Boluonuo, Fengning Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 261494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boluonuo, Fengning Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Badaogou Cu Occurrence
Hongshila Pt-Pd Deposit (Hung District)

Latitude: 41°9'59"N
Longitude: 117°23'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.166388888889,117.38333333333

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteIsomertieiteMeloniteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyritePyroxeneSpinelTitanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hongshiite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polarite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vysotskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21390883419
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41390885516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213908727198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS139088124
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61390884135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1390888173
Gold  (*)CopperAu13908830554
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu13908827
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As213908848
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2139088226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413908814899
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2139088133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81390881512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt139088485
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)13908810
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4139088131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213908839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81390889056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2139088337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1390884899
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS13908853



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