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Locality Name:
Dashui Au Ore Field, Maqu Co., Gannan, Gansu, China


mindat Locality ID: 261795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dashui Au Ore Field, Maqu Co., Gannan, Gansu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dashui Au Deposit
Zhongqu Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit

Latitude: 34°3'43"N
Longitude: 102°11'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.061944444444,102.19694444444
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartzScheeliteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1375608803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1375619052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21375605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)237560,3756111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)237560,3756127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213756027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS237560,375612600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2237560,375619895
Gold  (*)CopperAu237560,3756130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3237560,3756114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41375605591
Lead  (*)CopperPb137561192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237560,3756114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213756012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213756017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3237560,37561511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237560,3756139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81375609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237560,3756161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS237560,37561712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1375601711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1375604894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1375606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1375615186
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3237560,375613418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131375601803
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1375615251


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