Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Laowangzhai Orefield, Zhenyuan Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 155685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laowangzhai Orefield, Zhenyuan Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bianfushan Au Deposit
Lannitang Mine
Zhenyuan Mine

Latitude: 23°52'44"N
Longitude: 101°25'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.878888888889,101.42888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	45155	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	45155,45157,45158	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	45157,45158	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	45155,45157,45158	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45157	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	45154,45155,45157,45158	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	45155,45157,45158	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45157	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	45158	767
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	45157,45158	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	45155,45157,45158	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	45155,45157,45158	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	45158	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	45155,45157,45158	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	45155,45157,45158	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	45155,45157,45158	5317
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	45158	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	45158	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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