Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos

mindat Locality ID: 240476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Houay Yeng Pit
Khanong Open Pit
Phabing Pit

Latitude: 16°56'57"N
Longitude: 105°56'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.949166666667,105.94694444444

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite

Allophane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Epidote Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	77996	470
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	77996	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	77995,77996,77997	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	77996	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	77995,77996	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	77996	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	77996	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	77996,77997	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	77996	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	77996	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	77996	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	77996	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	77996	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	77996	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	77995,77996	30554
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	77997	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	77996,77997	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	77997	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	77996,77997	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	77996	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	77996	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	77996	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	77996	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	77995	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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