Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sartorite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	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: 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:
Acanthite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Rocksalt
Sartorite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	63.38	60.94	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	63.38	60.94	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	63.38	60.94	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	63.38	60.94	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	63.38	60.94	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.38	60.94	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	63.38	60.94	9895
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	63.38	60.94	34
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	63.38	60.94	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.38	60.94	24243
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	63.38	60.94	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63.38	60.94	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	63.38	60.94	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Co-00112	61.32	60.94	61.13±0.19	Ar-Ar			quartz	BYP13		Yes	Quartz			154562	Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag Deposit, Western Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China	Baiyangping	Xue et al. (2003)	10.1007/BF02879523	SC46_789
	Co-00113	63.38	62.18	62.78±0.60	Ar-Ar			quartz	BYP13		Yes	Quartz			154562	Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag Deposit, Western Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China	Baiyangping	Xue et al. (2003)	10.1007/BF02879523	SC46_789

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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