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Locality Name:
Basalt Cu Occurrences, Yongshan Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 233369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Cu Occurrences, Yongshan Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Maolin Cu Deposit
Maolinbei Cu Deposit (Maolin North Cu Deposit)
Yongshunde Cu Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
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)21453193419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)345317,45318,4531927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S345317,45318,453195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214531927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu345317,45318,453193846
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1453191271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414531914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2345317,45318,4531912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2345317,45318,4531961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1453196417
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1453191101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21453192562


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