Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shuixie Mine, Yongping Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.4

mindat Locality ID: 155459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuixie Mine, Yongping Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°18'30"N
Longitude: 99°32'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.308333333333,99.533333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	60	58.4	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	60	58.4	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	60	58.4	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	60	58.4	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	60	58.4	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	60	58.4	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60	58.4	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	60	58.4	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	60	58.4	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	60	58.4	6890
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	60	58.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60	58.4	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60	58.4	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	60	58.4	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60	58.4	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	60	58.4	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	60	58.4	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	60	58.4	5317

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
	Co-00056	60	58.4	59.2±0.8	Ar-Ar			quartz				Quartz			155459	Shuixie Mine, Yongping Co., Dali, Yunnan, China	Shuixie Mine	Zheng et al. (2004)		GJCU10_165

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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