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Locality Name:
Daqing Cu Deposit, Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 239.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121.5

mindat Locality ID: 155796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daqing Cu Deposit, Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Tenorite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	239.8	121.5	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	239.8	121.5	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	295
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	239.8	121.5	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	239.8	121.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	239.8	121.5	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	239.8	121.5	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	239.8	121.5	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	239.8	121.5	2740
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	239.8	121.5	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	239.8	121.5	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	239.8	121.5	4924
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	239.8	121.5	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	239.8	121.5	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	239.8	121.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	239.8	121.5	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	239.8	121.5	5614
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	239.8	121.5	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	239.8	121.5	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000786	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ellipsoid body of 800x44 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine rock, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000787	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ellipsoid body of 800x44 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine rock, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000788	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ellipsoid body of 800x44 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine rock, ijolite and urtite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000786	180.7	180.7	180.7	K-Ar	Yes	232901	Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	Jijie	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000787	239.8	239.8	239.8	K-Ar	Yes	232901	Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	Jijie	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559
Jen_0000788	121.5	121.5	121.5	K-Ar	Yes	232901	Luoci Cu Ore Field, Wuding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	Jijie	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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