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Locality Name:
Dêqên Co. (Deqin Co.; Diqing Co.), Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 186438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dêqên Co. (Deqin Co.; Diqing Co.), Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Buyanlazha Cu-Zn Deposit
Chugezha Fe-Ag Deposit (Chugeza Fe-Ag Deposit)
Chundu Cu Deposit
Geyading Cu-(Zn) Deposit
Hongpo Cu-Au Deposit (Hongponiuchang Cu-Au Deposit)
Jiangpo Fe-Ag Deposit
Luchun Cu-Zn-Pb Deposit
Xioruo Cu-Au Deposit
Yangla Cu-Zn Deposit (Yargla Cu-Zn Deposit; Yagla Cu-Zn Deposit; Yagra Cu-Zn Deposit)

Latitude: 28°27'37"N
Longitude: 98°58'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.460277777778,98.968333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

37 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	44909	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44909	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44909	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	44907	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	44909	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44907	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	44907,44909	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44909	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	44901,44907,44909	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	44907	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	44907	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	44906,44909	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	44907,44909	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	44901,44903,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44909	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44902	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	44901,44904,44907,44909	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	44901,44902,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44902	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44905	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	44909	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	44902,44906,44907	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	44907	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	44902,44906,44907,44909	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	44901,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	44907,44909	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	44904	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44909	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	44909	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	44901,44904,44905,44907,44908,44909	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	44901,44904,44905,44907,44908,44909	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	44904,44907,44909	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	44901,44902,44904,44905,44906,44907,44909	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	44902,44906	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	44901,44904,44905,44906,44907,44908,44909	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44909	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44909	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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