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Locality Name:
Manasi Co. (Manas Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 225994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manasi Co. (Manas Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Huangtaizi
Manasi (Manas; Marneshi)
Manasi River Placers
Qingshuihezi
Xiaoji'erqiayi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg O Os Pb Pt Ru S Si Sn Th W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBismutiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteNickelineNone
PotaritePyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Osmium  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Thorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1441939052
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)144193716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21441935171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1441934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2244192,4419327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41441923902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1441932600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1441933846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6244190,441924135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1441928173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14419324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu244192,4419330554
Lead  (*)CopperPb144193192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414419214899
Osmium  (*)NoneOs144193169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt144193485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214419239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81441929056
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)14419347
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1441934894
Silver  (*)CopperAg244192,441935186
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu14419230
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe14419366
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1441931006
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2244190,441922562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)244192,441935251


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