Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lijiang, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 155774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lijiang, Yunnan, China": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gucheng District
Huaping Co.
Ninglang Co.
Yongsheng Co.
Yulong Co.

Latitude: 26°46'17"N
Longitude: 101°27'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.771388888889,101.45305555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tewite ()*	Wumuite ()*	Zinc ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	45032,45034,45041	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45038	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	45032,45034,45041,45042	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	45032,45034,45038,45041,45042	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	45032,45034,45039,45041,45042	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	45032,45039,45041,45042	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	45033,45039,45041	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	45042	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45038	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	45032,45041	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	45032,45039,45041	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45033	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	45032,45034,45041,45042	12537
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	45033	57
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45032,45041	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45038,45039	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45032,45041	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	45032,45034,45038,45041,45042	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45039	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	45041	1101
Tewite ()*	Not in a structural group	(K_1.5 _0.5)(Te_1.25W_0.25 _0.5)₂W₅O₁₉	1	45036	1
Wumuite ()*	None	KAl_0.33W_2.67O₉	1	45036	1
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	1	45033	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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