Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yuanyang Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 185557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanyang Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Daping Au-polymetallic Deposit
Feimo Cu-Mo-polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 23°11'17"N
Longitude: 102°46'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.188055555556,102.77222222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44994	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44991	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	44991	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	44991	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44994	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44991	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	44991,44994	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	44991,44994	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	44991	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	44991,44994	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	44991,44994	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	44994	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44994	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	44991,44994	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44991	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	44991,44994	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44991	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44991	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	44991	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44991	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	44991,44994	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	44991	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44994	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44991,44994	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	44991	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44991,44994	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44991	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	44991,44994	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	44991	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44991	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44991	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	44991	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44991	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	44991,44994	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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