Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dehong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 154559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-154559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dehong, Yunnan, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lianghe Co.
Luxi Co.
Yingjiang Co.

Latitude: 24°55'0"N
Longitude: 98°15'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.916666666667,98.266111111111

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Calcurmolite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Studtite ()*	Tengchongite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*
Yingjiangite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz
Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	44885,44888	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	44888	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44888	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	44898	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44888	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44888	27770
Calcurmolite ()*	None	(Ca_1-xNa_x)₂(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)_6-x·nH₂O	1	44898	10
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	44885	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44885	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	44888	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44888	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	44888,44889,44891	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44888	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	44885	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	44885,44888	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	44888	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	44888,44889,44891	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	44889,44892,44895	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44888	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	44885,44888	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	44885,44888,44889,44891	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44893	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	44888	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	44885,44888,44889,44891	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	44885,44888	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	44885,44888,44889,44895	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44885	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	44885,44888,44889	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	44885,44888,44893	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	44888	3418
Studtite ()*	None	(UO₂)(O₂)(H₂O)₂·2H₂O	1	44898	25
Tengchongite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(UO₂)₆(MoO₄OH)₂O₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	1	44898	3
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	44898	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	44885	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	44898	2718
Yingjiangite ()*	Phosphuranylite	K₂Ca(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·6H₂O	1	44898	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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