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Locality Name:
Luxi Co., Dehong, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 157156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157156.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luxi Co., Dehong, Yunnan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Santaishan Ni Deposit
Shangmanggang Au Deposit
Tuanpochang Fe-Zn Deposit
Xishan Ni Deposit
Yingpan Au Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Au Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStibnite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1448888803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21448882162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1448889052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14488811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14488827770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1448882600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4144888651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2344888,44889,448919895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1448888173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14488824243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3144888504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)344888,44889,448917437
Gold  (*)CopperAu344889,44892,4489530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1448886890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314488814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4344888,44889,448915591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414489314899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1448881508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2344888,44889,4489117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1448882994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2344888,44889,4489539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2244888,4488961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS244888,4489321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31448883418


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