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Locality Name:
Xiaquwu-Dongzhiyan Cu-Ag Deposit, Eastern Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60.94

mindat Locality ID: 186860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaquwu-Dongzhiyan Cu-Ag Deposit, Eastern Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°47'0"N
Longitude: 99°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.783333333333,99.366666666667

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: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteRocksalt
SartoriteStibniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S63.3860.9402793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)263.3860.9405509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi63.3860.9401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S363.3860.9401935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)63.3860.94027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)63.3860.9401252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS263.3860.94027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)263.3860.9409895
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S563.3860.94034
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1263.3860.940663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS63.3860.94024243
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S363.3860.940511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS263.3860.94039462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)63.3860.9406417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1363.3860.9405317



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Co-0011261.3260.9461.13±0.19Ar-Ar quartzBYP13 YesQuartz  154562Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag Deposit, Western Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, ChinaBaiyangpingXue et al. (2003)10.1007/BF02879523SC46_789 
Co-0011363.3862.1862.78±0.60Ar-Ar quartzBYP13 YesQuartz  154562Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag Deposit, Western Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, ChinaBaiyangpingXue et al. (2003)10.1007/BF02879523SC46_789 


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