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Locality Name:
Nanhua Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 157157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanhua Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dalongtan Au Deposit
Longtan Mine
Nanhua Tl-As Deposit
Tuanshan Cu Deposit (Yonghong Cu Deposit)

Latitude: 25°30'27"N
Longitude: 102°12'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.5075,102.21

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Vivianite

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ellisite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hörnesite ()*	Hutchinsonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Picotpaulite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Vivianite

29 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	44802	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	44802	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	44804	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	1	44805	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	44803,44804	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	1	44805	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	1	44805	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	44803	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	44803,44804	9895
Ellisite ()*	None	Tl₃AsS₃			1	44804	2
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	44802,44803,44804	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	44804	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44802	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	44804	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	44802	14640
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	44803	103
Hutchinsonite ()*	None	TlPbAs₅S₉			1	44804	8
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44802	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	44802	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	44802,44804	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			2	44803,44804	511
Picotpaulite ()*	Cubanite	TlFe₂S₃			1	44804	3
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O			2	44803,44804	99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	4	44802,44803,44804,44805	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	44803,44804	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			2	44803,44804	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	44802	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	44804	21482
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄			1	44803	16

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
	sedcu-00365	70	70	U. Cretaceous										Cu	228363	Tuanshan Cu Deposit (Yonghong Cu Deposit), Nanhua Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	TuanShan	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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