Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 189125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189125.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dounan Mine
Hongsheke Bauxite Deposit
Luchaichong Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit
Qianchang Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 23°36'49"N
Longitude: 104°27'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.613611111111,104.46444444444

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.

Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Humite	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vernadite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Humite Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45237	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	45237	77
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	45238	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45239	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	45237	173
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	45238	195
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	45237	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	45237,45239	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45237	83
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45239	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	45238	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	45237,45239	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	45239	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	45239,45240	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	45238	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45238	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	45237	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45238	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45238	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	45237	234
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	45237	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45237	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	45238	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45237,45238	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	45237,45238,45239	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	45237	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	45237,45238,45239	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	45237	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	45239,45240	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45239	5317
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	45237	65
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	45237	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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