Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1500	1500	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1500	1500	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	1500	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1500	1500	966
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1500	1500	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1500	1500	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1500	1500	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1500	1500	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1500	1500	2812
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1500	1500	111
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1500	1500	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1500	1500	5800
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1500	1500	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1500	1500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1500	1500	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1500	1500	668
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1500	1500	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1500	1500	5317

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
	sedcu-00372	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic										Cu	155678	Fengshan Mine, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China	FengShan	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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