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Locality Name:
Lemachang Ag-(Pb-Zn) Deposit, Ludian Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 155777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lemachang Ag-(Pb-Zn) Deposit, Ludian Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°5'40"N
Longitude: 103°22'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.094444444444,103.375

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Jalpaite
Malachite	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite Jalpaite
Malachite Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	116
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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