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Locality Name:
Fengshan Mine, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 155678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fengshan Mine, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°9'0"N
Longitude: 102°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.15,102.16666666667

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21500150005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41500150005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15001500027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1500150005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215001500027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS150015000966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1500150002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21500150009895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O150015000814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15001500024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1500150002812
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)150015000111
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215001500012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21500150005800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS150015000767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215001500061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15001500021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4150015000668
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1500150001101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131500150005317



1 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-0037215001500Mid Proterozoic       Cu155678Fengshan Mine, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, ChinaFengShanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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