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Locality Name:
Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 216.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 209.2

mindat Locality ID: 155773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, China": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dêqên Co. (Deqin Co.; Diqing Co.)
Shangri-La Co. (Xianggelila Co.; Zhongdian Co.)
Weixi Co.

Latitude: 27°48'47"N
Longitude: 99°23'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.813055555556,99.391944444444
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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2216.8209.2444909,44914,44919,449223419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)216.8209.2444909,44914,44919,449228803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51449121310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3344909,44912,449151534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1449072734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)244909,449121036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1449079052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2344907,44909,449225509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)244909,4492411547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31449141935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4216.8209.2644901,44907,44909,44914,44919,449245516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11144907843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31449071089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)216.8209.2744906,44909,44914,44915,44919,44922,4492427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S216.8209.2444907,44909,44919,449245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2216.8209.21644901,44903,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909,44911,44913,44914,44916,44919,44921,44922,4492427198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81449121756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6216.8209.2444909,44914,44919,449224135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2344902,44922,449249895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)216.8209.2844901,44904,44907,44909,44914,44915,44919,449228173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2144915129
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2244914,449179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS216.8209.21044901,44902,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909,44914,4491924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1449027437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14490530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3216.8209.2244914,449191544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2144915223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O216.8209.2244912,449196890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6344909,44912,44915741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3344902,44906,4490714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61449071066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3444902,44906,44907,449095433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41449245591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4216.8209.21044901,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909,44914,44919,4492214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2216.8209.2544907,44909,44919,44922,4492412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2244904,449145674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2216.8209.2544909,44913,44914,44919,449225800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3144922140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1449091508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2216.8209.21344901,44904,44905,44907,44908,44909,44911,44914,44916,44918,44919,44922,4492417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1449122349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21449242273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2216.8209.21144901,44904,44905,44907,44908,44909,44914,44918,44919,44922,4492439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8216.8209.2544904,44907,44909,44914,449199056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2216.8209.21644901,44902,44904,44905,44906,44907,44909,44911,44914,44916,44918,44919,44921,44922,44924,4492561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)344914,44917,449224894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)344902,44906,449246417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS216.8209.21044901,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909,44912,44914,4491921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3244918,449253418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1449221101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131449095317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1449184899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2244909,449142562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101449121395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31449141247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1449181025


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
PorphCu-00183216.8209.2213±3.8      Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, PyriteCu142692Pulang Cu Deposit (Xuejiping Cu Deposit), Shangri-La Co. (Xianggelila Co.; Zhongdian Co.), Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, ChinaPulangSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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