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Locality Name:
Jinchang Mine (Mojiang Mine; Yuanjiang Gold Mine), Mojiang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 134618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinchang Mine (Mojiang Mine; Yuanjiang Gold Mine), Mojiang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°30'0"N
Longitude: 101°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.5,101.75

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedriteUllmannite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grimaldiite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2024
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Grimaldiite  (*)NoneCrO(OH)05
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4066
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS20106



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