Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Funing Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 186808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Funing Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bashishan Au Deposit (Piaosi Au Deposit)
Jinba Au Deposit
Kuzhubao Au Deposit (Gedang Au Deposit)
Zhesang Au Deposit

Latitude: 23°40'39"N
Longitude: 105°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.6775,105.64972222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite Fluorite
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	45189,45191	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	45189,45190,45191,45192	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45191	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	45189,45190,45191,45192	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	45190,45191,45192	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	45192	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	45190,45191	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	45191	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45192	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	45189,45191	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45191	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	45191	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45190	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	45192	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45191	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45191	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	45191	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	45190	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	45189,45190,45191,45192	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	45189,45190,45191,45192	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45191	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	45189,45190,45191,45192	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	45190	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	45189,45191,45192	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	45189,45191	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45192	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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