Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Xiangyun Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 157159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangyun Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Laoqingshan Cu Deposit
Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au Ore Field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au Ore Field)

Latitude: 23°30'0"N
Longitude: 103°55'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.5,103.91666666667

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	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 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	44872	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	1	44870	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	44872	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	2	44870,44872	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	1	44870	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	2	44870,44872	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	44872	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	44872	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44872	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44872	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44872	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	2	44870,44872	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	2	44870,44872	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	44872	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	44872	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
	sedcu-00377	70	70	U. Cretaceous										Cu	242440	Laoqingshan Cu Deposit, Xiangyun Co., Dali, Yunnan, China	LaoQingShan	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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