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Locality Name:
Ludian Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 155709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ludian Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Huodehong Pb-Zn Deposit
Lehong Mine
Lemachang Ag-(Pb-Zn) Deposit
Luomachang Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaozhai Cu Deposit
Yanhe Cu Ore Field

Latitude: 27°5'40"N
Longitude: 103°22'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.094444444444,103.375

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Jalpaite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	45293	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	45295,45296	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	45292,45293	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	45293	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	45296	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	45292,45293	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	45292,45293,45296	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	45291,45292,45293,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	45291,45292,45293	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	45294,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	45292,45293,45296,45298	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	45293	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	9	45293,45295,45297,45298,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	45292,45293	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	45295,45296	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	45291,45292,45293,45294	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	45296	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	45293	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	45292,45293	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	45291,45292,45293,45294	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45292	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	45292	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	45292	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45296	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	45292	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	45292	1066
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	45293	116
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	45296	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	45294,45296	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	45292,45293,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	45293	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45293	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	45293	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45296	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	45293	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	45291,45292,45293,45294,45300	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	45293	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	45292,45293,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	45296	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	45293	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	45291,45292,45293	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	45291,45292,45293,45294	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	45293	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	45292	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	45295,45296	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45293	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	45295,45296	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	45292	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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