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Locality Name:
Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 37.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29.6

mindat Locality ID: 147047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mofancun Cu Deposit
Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit
Yanjinggou Salt Deposit (Yanjinghe Salt Deposit)
Yousuo

Latitude: 27°26'20"N
Longitude: 101°12'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.438888888889,101.21555555556

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

37 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	43552	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36.2	30.5	2	43552,43553	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36.2	30.5	2	43552,43553	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36.2	30.5	2	43552,43553	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	43552	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	43552	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	43552	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	43552	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	43552	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	43552	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	36.2	31.2	2	43552,43553	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	43554	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	43554	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	43552	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	43552	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	43552	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	43552	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	43552	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	43552	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	43552	2273
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	43552	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	43552	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	43552	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	43552	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	37.5	29.6	2	43552,43553	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	43552	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43552	2562

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002247	36.2	31.2	36.2-31.2	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite	Cu, Au	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00076	33.7	32.5	33.1±0.6	Re-Os		molybdenite	ZK004-153	Molybdenite	Mo	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping Cu–Au deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00077	32.2	31	31.6±0.6	Re-Os		molybdenite	ZK004-165	Molybdenite	Mo	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping Cu–Au deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00078	37.5	34.9	36.2±1.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	ZK004-174	Molybdenite	Mo	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping Cu–Au deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00079	33.9	32.7	33.3±0.6	Re-Os		molybdenite	ZK005-305	Molybdenite	Mo	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping Cu–Au deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00080	31.9	30.5	31.2±0.7	Re-Os		molybdenite	ZK007-150	Molybdenite	Mo	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping Cu–Au deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00081	32.8	29.6	31.2±1.6	Re-Os isochron		molybdenite	ZK004-153,ZK004-165,ZK004-174,ZK005-305,ZK007-150	Molybdenite	Mo	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping Cu–Au deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
PorphCu-00019	33.7	30.5	32.1±1.6						Cu	5798	Xifanping Cu-Au Deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Xifanping	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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