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Bake Au deposit, Jinping County, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Bake Au depositDeposit
Jinping CountyCounty
QiandongnanPrefecture
GuizhouProvince
ChinaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° North , 109° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~33km
GRN:
N18E70
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Mindat Locality ID:
228568
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:228568:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Quartz vein-type gold deposit. A particularly rich deposit with gold grades of 1 g/t on average.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

AsiaContinent
China
Eurasian Plate
Yangtze PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Shijun Sun and Wenmao Pan (2002): Origin analysis of the rich gold package of Bake gold deposit, Guizhou. Gold Geology 21(2), 20-25.
Jie Zheng, Dalong Yu, and Zhongqin Yang (2010): A Study on the Trace Element Geochemical Characteristics of Pyrite and Arsenopyrite in Bake Gold Deposit, East Guizhou Province, P.R. China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 30(1), 107-114.
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