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Locality Name:
Anning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 157152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Anning Basin
Lubiao
Wangjiatan Fe Deposit

Latitude: 24°55'30"N
Longitude: 102°28'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.925,102.48305555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1449971588
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)144997195
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214500127198
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)144997481
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2144998137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1449976890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1449981398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314500114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41449975591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1449971487
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O144998223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1449971508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214499717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214500139462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1450016417



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