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Locality Name:
Xiaonanshan Cu-Ni-(Pt-Pd) Deposit, Wuchuan Co., Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 367
Youngest recorded age at locality: 367

mindat Locality ID: 721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaonanshan Cu-Ni-(Pt-Pd) Deposit, Wuchuan Co., Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°59'34"N
Longitude: 110°7'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.992777777778,110.12305555556
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: As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteRocksaltSpinelStibniteTalc

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Leadamalgam  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Niggliite  (*)Osmium  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2367367027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O436736703902
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS367367024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu367367030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O336736705433
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)3673670116
Leadamalgam  (*)NoneHgPb236736703
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4367367014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe23673670155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS36736701066
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn367367022
Osmium  (*)NoneOs3673670169
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3673670767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S836736701512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt3673670485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2367367039462
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs23673670337
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S336736703418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)236736703337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)236736702562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S43673670380


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00010367367       LeadamalgamHg721Xiaonanshan Cu-Ni-(Pt-Pd) Deposit, Wuchuan Co., Hohhot League (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China Jiang et al. (2003) AGS24_121 

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