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Locality Name:
Luodang Mine, 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: 243253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luodang Mine, Lalachang Cu Deposit (Lala Cu Deposit), Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°13'29"N
Longitude: 101°57'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.224722222222,101.955
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTitaniteValleriite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21850150003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1850150008803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21850150003092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1850185009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21500150005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18501850011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41850150005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18501500027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1850150005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501500027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS185018500966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1850150004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1850150001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21850150009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1850150008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21850150009617
Gold  (*)CopperAu18501500030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318501500014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31850150005433
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2185015000762
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4185015000229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418501500014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215001500012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21850185005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21850185005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218501500017380
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te318501500057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218501500061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21850150005614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1850150006417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4185018500249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18501850021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1850150004899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]185015000237


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0040218501850Paleoproterozoic (1700-2000)     Yes S123470Lalachang Cu Deposit (Lala Cu Deposit), Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, ChinaLalachangMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
sedcu-0035715001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu153539Luchang-Datongchang Ag-Cu Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, ChinaHuiLiCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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