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


mindat Locality ID: 187638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wenshan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Laojunshan Fe-Pb-Zn Deposit
Laowu Mn Deposit
Maka Deposit
Wenshan Mine
Xiachang Ag Deposit
Yuang Yang (Yueng Yang)

Latitude: 23°12'19"N
Longitude: 104°10'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.205277777778,104.17194444444
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 As Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
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)21452233419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1452238803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1452263250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1452239052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6145226919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245223,4522627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214522327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61452234135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21452239895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1452238173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21452259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14522324243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S145225237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314522314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1452261689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414522314899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21452232273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214522339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81452239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245223,4522561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)245223,452254894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14522321482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1452234899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21452232562


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