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Locality Name:
Lanniping Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 134745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanniping Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baixila Ore Block
Suoyipo Ore Block

Latitude: 26°10'32"N
Longitude: 102°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.175555555556,102.98333333333
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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinelTetrahedrite
Tyrolite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
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)2150015001450083419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)150015001450088803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21500150005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1500150014500811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS415001500245008,450095516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15001500245008,4500927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S15001500245008,450095707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215001500245008,4500927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1500150003531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)150015000363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS150015001450084165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)215001500245008,450099895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)150015001450088173
Graphite  (*)NoneC1500150002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31500150014500814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3150015001450085433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41500150014500814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21500150014500812537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215001500245008,4500917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500245008,4500939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215001500245008,4500961156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13150015001450085317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O150015000245


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-0036015001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu155463Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaLaoBeiChungCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0035915001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu155467Luoxue Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaLaoXueCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0036215001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu8302Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaTangDanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0035815001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu211939Yinmin Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaYinMinCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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