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Locality Name:
Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 134936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bijiashan Mine
Hongnitang Mine
Jingouba Mine
Wandongshan Mine
Weiganpo Mine
Wulipan Mine

Latitude: 26°19'60"N
Longitude: 100°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.333333333333,100.25

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Kobellite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Kobellite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Vesuvianite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55.8	33.9	2	44830,44833	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	55.8	33.9	0		1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	55.8	33.9	0		2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	55.8	33.9	1	44830	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	55.8	33.9	0		11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	55.8	33.9	0		1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	2	44830,44833	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	55.8	33.9	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	55.8	33.9	0		344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	55.8	33.9	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	55.8	33.9	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	55.8	33.9	2	44830,44831	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	55.8	33.9	2	44830,44833	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	55.8	33.9	0		246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55.8	33.9	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	55.8	33.9	1	44830	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55.8	33.9	1	44830	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	55.8	33.9	0		192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	55.8	33.9	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	55.8	33.9	1	44830	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	55.8	33.9	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55.8	33.9	4	44830,44831,44833,44835	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	55.8	33.9	0		1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	55.8	33.9	0		5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	0		229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	0		12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	55.8	33.9	0		88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	0		5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	55.8	33.9	0		252
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	55.8	33.9	0		1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55.8	33.9	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	2	44830,44833	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	55.8	33.9	0		477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	4	44830,44831,44833,44835	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	55.8	33.9	1	44831	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	55.8	33.9	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	55.8	33.9	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55.8	33.9	1	44830	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	55.8	33.9	1	44830	3418
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	55.8	33.9	0		510
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	55.8	33.9	0		100
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	55.8	33.9	0		1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	55.8	33.9	0		297

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
	PorphCu-00161	55.8	33.9	Eocene									Albite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	134936	Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China	Beiya	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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