Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Jinchanggouliang-Erdaogou Ore Field, Beipiao Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 230971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinchanggouliang-Erdaogou Ore Field, Beipiao Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Erdaogou Mine
Xiaochanggao Au Deposit

Latitude: 41°56'49"N
Longitude: 120°20'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.946944444444,120.345

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	41929,41930	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	41929	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	41929,41930	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	41929,41930	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	41929	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	41929	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	41929	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	41929,41930	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	41929,41930	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41929	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	41929	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	41929	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	41929,41930	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	41929	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	41929	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	41929,41930	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	41929	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	41929,41930	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	41929,41930	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	41929,41930	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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