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Molybdenite from
Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I deposit), Tongyu gold field, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I deposit), Tongyu gold field, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:719772
Long-form Identifier:1:3:719772:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘWenyu Mine, Lingbao City, Sanmenxia, Henan, China
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘHulugou Au deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘHuayangchuan U-Nb-Pb deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘHuanglongpu Mo-(Pb) deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
24.4km (15.1 miles) ⓘHuanchiyu Au-Cu-(Mo) deposit, Lingbao City, Sanmenxia, Henan, China
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘTaoyuan Mine, Huazhou District, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘTonggou Au deposit (incl. Chucha-Luanshi Au deposit), Lingbao City, Sanmenxia, Henan, China
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘShijiawan Mo deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘQinnan Mine, Lingbao City, Sanmenxia, Henan, China
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘDahu Mine (Dahuyu Mine), Lingbao City, Sanmenxia, Henan, China
References
Poulsen, K.H., Taylor, B.E., Robert, F., Mortensen, J.K., Baoqin Lin, Ling Shang, Ershu Shen, and Lidong Zhang (1990): Report on the Sino-Canadian Gold Project 1987-1990. Geological Survey of Canada Open-File Report 2510
Yanming Xu, Zonggui Zhou, Shuzhen Yao, Jun Chen, Suofei Xiong, and Xiaoning Zhou (2013): Mineral Deposits 32(5), 1011-1025
 
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