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Locality Name:
Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 155776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ludian Co.
Qiaojia Co.
Weixin Co.
Yongshan Co.
Zhaoyang District
Zhenxiong Co.

Latitude: 27°20'18"N
Longitude: 103°55'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.338333333333,103.91777777778

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*

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			2	45293,45320	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	45295,45296,45319,45322	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	541	521	5	45292,45293,45310,45320,45326	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	45293	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	45296,45316,45320,45322	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			1	45305	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	521	5	45292,45293,45310,45320,45326	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			6	45292,45293,45296,45308,45316,45322	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	45320	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	23	45291,45292,45293,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303,45305,45306,45310,45312,45317,45318,45319,45320,45323,45324,45325,45326,45328	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	521	6	45291,45292,45293,45310,45320,45326	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			15	45294,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303,45308,45312,45317,45318,45319,45323,45324	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			7	45292,45293,45296,45298,45308,45319,45322	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	45293	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	45320	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			17	45293,45295,45297,45298,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303,45308,45312,45317,45318,45319,45323,45324,45325	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	45292,45293,45308	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			4	45295,45296,45312,45322	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	521	9	45291,45292,45293,45294,45306,45310,45320,45326,45328	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	45296,45305,45308	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	521	3	45293,45310,45320	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			2	45292,45293	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	12	45291,45292,45293,45294,45306,45307,45309,45310,45311,45320,45326,45328	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	45292	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	45292	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	45292,45320	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	45296	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	541	521	4	45292,45310,45320,45326	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			3	45292,45320,45326	1066
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	45293	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	541	521	3	45308,45310,45320	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			3	45296,45319,45325	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	45294,45296,45319	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			17	45292,45293,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303,45308,45312,45317,45318,45319,45320,45323,45324	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	45293	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	45293,45308	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	45320	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	45293	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	45296,45305	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	45293	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	12	45291,45292,45293,45294,45300,45306,45310,45314,45316,45320,45322,45326	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	45293	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	541	521	1	45310	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	23	45290,45292,45293,45295,45297,45299,45300,45301,45302,45303,45305,45306,45308,45310,45312,45317,45318,45319,45320,45323,45324,45325,45326	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	45296,45319,45320	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	45293	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	521	5	45291,45292,45293,45310,45326	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	12	45291,45292,45293,45294,45306,45307,45309,45310,45311,45320,45326,45328	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	45293	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	45292	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			6	45295,45296,45308,45312,45319,45322	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	45293,45320	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	45295,45296,45319,45322	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	541	521	4	45292,45310,45320,45326	303

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
	sedexmvt-00103	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age									228386	Maozu Pb-Zn Deposit, Qiaojia Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China	Maozu	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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