Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kunyang Mine, Jinning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 41909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kunyang Mine, Jinning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°42'0"N
Longitude: 102°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.7,102.55

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	495	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	541	495	577
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	495	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	541	495	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	541	495	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	541	495	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	541	495	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	61156

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
	ree-00312	541	495	Cambrian											41909	Kunyang Mine, Jinning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China	Kunyang	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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