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Locality Name:
Lancang River Valley (Lancangjiang Valley; Mekong Valley), Yunlong Co., Dali, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 185584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lancang River Valley (Lancangjiang Valley; Mekong Valley), Yunlong Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tiechang Sn Deposit (Yunlong Sn Deposit)
Zhibenshan Sn Occurrence

Latitude: 25°41'59"N
Longitude: 99°9'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.699722222222,99.15
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 B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparLöllingite
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTourmaline

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Galena  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1448808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1448809052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1448801966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31448801935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14488027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2244880,448815171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214488027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1448801025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21448809895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)144880648
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14488024243
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2144880762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414488014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1448804924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214488017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214488039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81448809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214488061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1448804894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1448802705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1448806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14488021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21448802562


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