Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meihekou Co., Tonghua, Jilin, China

mindat Locality ID: 221192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meihekou Co., Tonghua, Jilin, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Xiangluwanzi Au Deposit (Xiangluwanzhi Au Deposit)
Yancongqiaozi Au Deposit

Latitude: 42°16'59"N
Longitude: 125°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.283055555556,125.5

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	41809	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	41809	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	41809	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	41809	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	41809	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41809	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	41809	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41809	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	41809	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	41809	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	41809	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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