Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mengzi Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 157153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mengzi Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bainiuchang Ag-polymetallic Deposit
Tangdian Mine
Yanzijiao Mn Deposit

Latitude: 23°26'3"N
Longitude: 103°34'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.434166666667,103.57666666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cylindrite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Kobellite
Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cylindrite Digenite Epidote Fluorite Kobellite
Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcostibite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*
Hocartite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Lead ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramdohrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skinnerite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tintinaite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	44984	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	44984	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	44984	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	44984	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44984	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44984	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	44984	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	44984	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	44984	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	44984	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44984	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	44984	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	44984	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44984	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44984	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	44984	162
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	44984	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44984	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44984	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44984	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	44984	9617
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	1	44984	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	44984	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	44984	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44984	24243
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	1	44984	31
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	44984	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	44984	784
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	1	44984	87
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	44984	192
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	44984	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44984	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	44984	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	44984	252
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	44984	158
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	44984	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44984	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44984	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	44984	89
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44984	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	44984	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	44984	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44984	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	44985	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44984	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44984	61156
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄	1	44984	34
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	44984	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44984	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	44984	5186
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	1	44984	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	44984	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44984	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	44984	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	44984	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	44984	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	44984	332
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	1	44984	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44984	5317
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅	1	44984	24
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	44984	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44984	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	44984	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	44984	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	44984	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44984	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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