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Locality Name:
Shangmanggang Au Deposit, Luxi Co., Dehong, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 154530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-154530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shangmanggang Au Deposit, Luxi Co., Dehong, Yunnan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guanlingpo Ore Block (Shangmanggang Ore Block)
Guoyuan Ore Block
Maiwoba Ore Block
Yangshishan Ore Block

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Fe H Hg Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2244889,448919895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)244889,448917437
Gold  (*)CopperAu244889,4489230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4244889,448915591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2244889,4489117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214488939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214488961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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