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Calcite from
Sandaocha Mine, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sandaocha Mine, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:456390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:456390:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘJiapigou Mine, Jiapigou auriferous greenstone belt, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘMiaoling Au deposit, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘErdaogou Mine, Jiapigou auriferous greenstone belt, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘXiaobeigou Au deposit, Jiapigou auriferous greenstone belt, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘBajiazi Au deposit, Jiapigou auriferous greenstone belt, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘLaoniugou Fe deposit (Laoniuguo Fe deposit), Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘBanmiaozi Au deposit, Jiapigou auriferous greenstone belt, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘSandaotong Cu deposit, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘLiupiyegou Mine, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘToudaoliuhe Au deposit, Jiapigou ore field, Huadian City, Jilin, Jilin, China
References
Laicheng Miao, Yumin Qiu, Weiming Fan, Fuqin Zhang, and Mingguo Zhai (2005): Ore Geology Reviews 26. 137-165.
Zhang, Xiaotian; Chen, Fang; Han, Jilong; Sun, Jinggui; Xia, Fei; Pan, Jiayong; Liu, Ying; Zhong, Fujun (2025) A Middle Triassic gold-forming event of the Jiapigou ore district, northeast China: Evidence from pyrite Re-Os geochronology of the Sandaocha deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 186. 106827 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106827
 
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