Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lüchun Co. (Lvchun Co.), Honghe, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 157154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lüchun Co. (Lvchun Co.), Honghe, Yunnan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Banpo
Damajianshan Deposit
Habo Cu-(Mo-Au) Deposit
Niukong Au Prospect

Latitude: 22°53'12"N
Longitude: 102°18'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.886666666667,102.30527777778

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Kobellite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetradymite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ikunolite ()*
Izoklakeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Kobellite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetradymite

25 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	44980	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	44980	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	44980	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65.5	2.6	1	44981	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	44980	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	44980	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	44980	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	44980	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65.5	2.6	2	44980,44981	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	44980	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	44980	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	44980	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65.5	2.6	2	44980,44981	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65.5	2.6	4	44978,44979,44981,44982	30554
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃			1	44980	54
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇			1	44980	25
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	65.5	2.6	1	44981	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65.5	2.6	2	44980,44981	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	2.6	2	44980,44981	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65.5	2.6	3	44979,44980,44981	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	44980	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65.5	2.6	4	44979,44980,44981,44982	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	44980	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	44980	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65.5	2.6	2	44980,44981	21482

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
	PorphCu-00207	65.5	2.6	Tertiary									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	185558	Habo Cu-(Mo-Au) Deposit, Lüchun Co. (Lvchun Co.), Honghe, Yunnan, China	Habo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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