Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 157160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yunlong Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baiyangchang Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Deposit
Gongguo Au Deposit
Lancang River Valley (Lancangjiang Valley; Mekong Valley)

Latitude: 25°54'29"N
Longitude: 99°16'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.908055555556,99.275

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Epidote	Feldspar	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg 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 Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Epidote Feldspar Löllingite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	44877	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44880	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44880	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44877	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	44880	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	44880	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44877	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	44877,44880	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	44880,44881	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	44877,44880	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44880	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44880	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	44880	648
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	44877	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	44877,44880	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44878	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	44880	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44880	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44880	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44880	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	44877	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44877,44880	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44880	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	44877,44878,44880	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	44880	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	44880	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44880	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	44877	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	44877,44880	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	44877	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44877	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44880	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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