Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lancang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 157149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lancang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Akabai Pb-polymetallic Deposit
Aozizhai Cu Deposit
Huimin Fe Deposit
Lancang Mine
Laochang Polymetallic Deposit
Nanjiaohe Ag-polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 22°31'15"N
Longitude: 99°52'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.520833333333,99.878888888889

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

36 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	300	300	1	45133	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	300	300	2	45130,45133	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45131	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	300	300	1	45133	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	300	300	1	45133	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	300	300	1	45133	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	3	45131,45132,45133	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	300	300	1	45133	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	45130	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	4	45130,45132,45133,45134	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	45131	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	45130	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	300	300	1	45133	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	300	300	3	45129,45132,45133	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	300	300	1	45133	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	300	300	1	45133	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	300	4	45129,45132,45133,45134	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	45131	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	1	45133	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	300	300	4	45129,45130,45131,45133	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	45130	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	300	300	1	45133	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	3	45130,45131,45133	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	300	300	1	45133	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	45130	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	4	45130,45132,45133,45134	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	300	1	45133	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	3	45129,45130,45133	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	300	300	1	45133	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	45129	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	45130	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	300	300	1	45133	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	45131	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	4	45129,45132,45133,45134	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	300	300	2	45133,45134	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	300	300	1	45133	2562

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-00404	300	300	Late Carboniferous										S	155489	Laochang Polymetallic Deposit, Lancang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China	Laochang	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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