Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tianwan Gold Field, Shimian Co., Ya'an, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 134928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tianwan Gold Field, Shimian Co., Ya'an, Sichuan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Anmeiyue Au Deposit
Dafagou Au Deposit
Duheba Au Deposit
Niuchangping Au Deposit
Yinchanggou Au Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Cu H O S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	0		510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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