Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lincang, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 155775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincang, Yunnan, China": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cangyuan Co.
Gengma Co.
Linxiang District
Shuangjiang Co.
Yongde Co.
Yun Co.
Zhenkang Co.

Latitude: 24°0'59"N
Longitude: 99°20'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.016388888889,99.335833333333

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vivianite
Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	45077	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	45078,45083	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	45077,45078,45083	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	45081	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	45081	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	45055	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	45077,45078	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			7	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	45051,45052,45077,45078	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			13	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45076,45077,45078,45079,45081,45083	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	45051,45052,45077,45078	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	45056	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	6	45051,45052,45077,45078,45080,45083	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	45077,45078	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	45077	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	45077,45078	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			6	45051,45052,45074,45078,45081,45083	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	45051,45052,45077,45078,45083	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	45081	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			7	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	300	13	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45055,45074,45076,45077,45080,45083	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	45055	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	45077	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	12	45059,45060,45061,45063,45064,45065,45066,45067,45069,45070,45077,45080	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	45077	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	300	300	3	45077,45080,45083	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	45051,45052,45077,45078	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	5	45051,45052,45077,45080,45083	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	45081	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	45081	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	20	45051,45052,45055,45059,45060,45061,45063,45064,45065,45066,45067,45069,45070,45072,45074,45077,45078,45080,45081,45083	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	300	4	45051,45052,45074,45080	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			14	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45055,45072,45076,45077,45078,45081,45083	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	45081	233
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	45051,45052	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	13	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45055,45074,45076,45077,45080,45083	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	45051,45052	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	45078	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	45072	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	45077,45083	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			10	45059,45060,45061,45063,45064,45065,45066,45067,45069,45070	2718

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
	vms-00412	300	300	Late Carboniferous										S	186761	Tongchangjie Cu Deposit, Yun Co., Lincang, Yunnan, China	Tongchangjie	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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