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Locality Name:
Gaositai, Chengde Co., Chengde, Hebei, China


mindat Locality ID: 261634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261634.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gaositai Cr-PGE Deposit (Gao District; Gaotai Village)
Jinming Mine

Latitude: 41°7'49"N
Longitude: 117°55'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.130277777778,117.92222222222
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 Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg O Os P Pb Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAuricuprideBowieiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMeloniteMica
NonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneSpinelUllmannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Bowieite  (*)Changchengite  (*)Chengdeite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gaotaiite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Inaglyite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mayingite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Shuangfengite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S313907833
Changchengite  (*)UllmanniteIrBiS1390782
Chengdeite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteIr3Fe1390786
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41390783902
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS139078124
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61390784135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1390788173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2139078110
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1390782740
Gaotaiite  (*)PyriteIr3Te81390781
Gold  (*)CopperAu13907830554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31390785433
Inaglyite  (*)NonePbCu3Ir8S161390786
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS139078154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr139078162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe139078128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2139078226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413907814899
Mayingite  (*)PyriteIrBiTe1390783
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213907817380
Osmium  (*)NoneOs139078169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt139078485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213907839462
Shuangfengite  (*)MeloniteIrTe21390784
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2139078337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41390781934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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