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Locality Name:
Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 186627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Basalt Cu Occurrences
Maoping Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 27°31'5"N
Longitude: 103°59'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.518055555556,103.99305555556

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21453223419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1453262734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21453225509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14532611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41453225516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)445323,45324,45325,4532627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1453264979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S245323,453245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214532227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu345323,45324,453253846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1453222970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21453269895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14532624243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1453261689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61453261066
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1453251271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245323,4532412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245322,4532639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2445323,45324,45325,4532661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1453262473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14532621482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1453221101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21453222562
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4145326303



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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