Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luotuohe Au Deposit, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 205269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luotuohe Au Deposit, Qilian Co., Haibei, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°54'0"N
Longitude: 100°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.9,100.6

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chromite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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