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Locality Name:
Simao District, Pu'er, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 186769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simao District, Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dapingzhang Mine
Denghaishan Cu Deposit

Latitude: 22°47'0"N
Longitude: 100°30'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.783333333333,100.51638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21451453419
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14514511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41451465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14514527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S245145,451465707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245145,4514627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1451464165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1451462970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1451458173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14514524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14514530554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245145,4514612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214514517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245145,4514639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81451459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214514561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14514521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131451455317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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