Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lalachang Cu Deposit (Lala Cu Deposit), Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 123470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123470.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lalachang Cu Deposit (Lala Cu Deposit), Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Laohushan Mine
Laoyanghantang Mine
Luodang Mine
Shilong Mine

Latitude: 26°13'28"N
Longitude: 101°57'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.224444444444,101.95472222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Löllingite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Titanite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Te Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Löllingite Malachite
Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Titanite Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1850	1500	1	43496	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1850	1500	1	43496	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1850	1850	0		2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1850	1500	1	43496	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1850	1850	1	43496	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	1	43496	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1850	1850	1	43496	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1850	1850	0		304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1500	1	43496	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1500	1	43496	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1850	1500	1	43496	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1500	1	43496	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1850	1850	1	43496	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1850	1850	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1850	1500	1	43496	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1850	1850	0		802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1850	1500	1	43496	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1500	1	43496	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1850	1500	1	43496	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1850	1500	1	43496	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1850	1850	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1500	1	43496	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1500	1	43496	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1850	1850	0		804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1850	1500	1	43496	5433
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1850	1500	1	43496	762
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1850	1500	1	43496	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1850	1500	1	43496	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1500	1500	1	43496	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1850	1850	1	43496	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1850	1850	0		207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1850	1850	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1850	1850	1	43496	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1850	1500	1	43496	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1850	1850	0		2273
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1850	1500	1	43496	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	1	43496	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1850	1850	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1500	1	43496	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1850	1500	1	43496	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1850	1500	1	43496	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1850	1850	1	43496	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1850	1850	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1850	1850	1	43496	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1850	1850	0		232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1850	1500	1	43496	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1850	1500	1	43496	237
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1850	1850	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1850	1850	0		5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00402	1850	1850	Paleoproterozoic (1700-2000)										S	123470	Lalachang Cu Deposit (Lala Cu Deposit), Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Lalachang	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	sedcu-00357	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic							Yes			Cu	153539	Luchang-Datongchang Ag-Cu Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	HuiLi	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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