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:
Mengyejing Mine, Jiangcheng Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 155734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mengyejing Mine, Jiangcheng Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Langbeinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chlorocalcite ()*	Comblainite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Glauberite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kalistrontite ()*	Koenenite ()*
Langbeinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Thénardite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite Clay Corundum Gypsum Hydrotalcite Langbeinite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Palmierite Pyrite Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chlorocalcite ()*	None	KCaCl₃	3
Comblainite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₄Co³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	5
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kalistrontite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Sr(SO₄)₂	11
Koenenite ()*	None	Na₄Mg₉Al₄Cl₁₂(OH)₂₂	12
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	43
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	20
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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