Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hetaoqing Cu Deposit, Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 239.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121.5

mindat Locality ID: 155462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hetaoqing Cu Deposit, Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Skinnerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	239.8	121.5	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	239.8	121.5	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	239.8	121.5	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	239.8	121.5	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	239.8	121.5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	239.8	121.5	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	239.8	121.5	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	239.8	121.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	239.8	121.5	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	239.8	121.5	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	239.8	121.5	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	239.8	121.5	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	239.8	121.5	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	239.8	121.5	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	239.8	121.5	39462
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	239.8	121.5	11
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	239.8	121.5	1101

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000786	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ellipsoid body of 800x44 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine rock, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000787	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ellipsoid body of 800x44 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine rock, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000788	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ellipsoid body of 800x44 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine rock, ijolite and urtite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000786	180.7	180.7	180.7	K-Ar	Yes	232901	Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	Jijie	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000787	239.8	239.8	239.8	K-Ar	Yes	232901	Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	Jijie	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559
Jen_0000788	121.5	121.5	121.5	K-Ar	Yes	232901	Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	Jijie	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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