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Locality Name:
Bijiashan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 185563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bijiashan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, 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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55.8	33.9	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	55.8	33.9	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	55.8	33.9	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	55.8	33.9	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	55.8	33.9	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55.8	33.9	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	55.8	33.9	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55.8	33.9	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55.8	33.9	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	55.8	33.9	3418

1 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
	PorphCu-00161	55.8	33.9	Eocene							Yes		Albite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	134936	Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China	Beiya	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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