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Locality Name:
Damiao Complex, Chengde Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 261560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261560.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Heishan Mine
Maying Mine

Latitude: 41°9'37"N
Longitude: 117°54'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.160277777778,117.9

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMica
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTitanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)21390753419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1390758803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213907527198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81390751756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1390758173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1390752740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3239075,390765433
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O413907598
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4239075,3907614899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213907517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81390751512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213907539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81390759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213907561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21390755614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)139075598
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1390754899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1390751025



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