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Locality Name:
Dahongshan Fe-Cu Deposit, Xinping Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 134605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134605.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dahongshan Fe-Cu Deposit, Xinping Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°6'0"N
Longitude: 101°41'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.1,101.68333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Albite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Löllingite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1850	1850	8803
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1850	1850	56
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1850	1850	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1850	1850	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1850	1850	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1850	1850	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1850	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1850	1850	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1850	1850	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1850	1850	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1850	1850	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1850	1850	6417

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
	vms-00390	1850	1850	Paleoproterozoic (1700-2000)										S	134605	Dahongshan Fe-Cu Deposit, Xinping Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China	Dahongshan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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