Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dalucao REE Deposit, Dechang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 134931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dalucao REE Deposit, Dechang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°12'23"N
Longitude: 101°57'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.206388888889,101.95527777778

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Humite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tin ()*	Titanite ()*
Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Humite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Tin ()*	None	Sn	63
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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