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Locality Name:
Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 189126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field)
Zhaopuxingou W Deposit

Latitude: 24°8'59"N
Longitude: 102°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.149722222222,102.16666666667
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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite
VesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
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)21452783419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)15001500245273,452788803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS345271,45272,452769052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)215001500745267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,452765509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245272,4527511547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3150015001452661935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4150015001045267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45274,45275,45276,452775516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15001500745269,45270,45272,45274,45275,45277,4527827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S15001500945267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45275,45276,452775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2150015001245267,45268,45269,45270,45271,45272,45273,45274,45275,45276,45277,4527827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS15001500945267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45274,45275,45276966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1452703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1452704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O15001500745267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,452762970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61452784135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2150015001145267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45274,45275,45276,45277,452789895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)150015001452748173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O15001500745267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45276814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21452789617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15001500445269,45271,45276,4527824243
Graphite  (*)NoneC15001500345269,45273,452742812
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)15001500745267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45276111
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4145276249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415001500245274,4527814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215001500745267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,4527612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS215001500345268,45269,452785800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215001500345274,45275,4527817380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS15001500245269,45276767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500945267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45274,45276,4527839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81452789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2150015001145267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,45274,45275,45276,45277,4527861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21452785614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1452784894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15001500545269,45271,45272,45276,4527821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS415001500145269668
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO15001500345269,45270,452771101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1315001500745267,45268,45269,45270,45272,45273,452765317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21452782562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101452781395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31452781247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1452785251


3 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
sedcu-0037215001500Mid Proterozoic       Cu155678Fengshan Mine, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, ChinaFengShanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0037315001500Mid Proterozoic       Cu155468Shishan Cu-(Co) Deposit, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, ChinaShiShanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0037115001500Mid Proterozoic       Cu228361Shizishan Cu Deposit, Yimen Cu Ore Field (Sanjiachang Cu Ore Field), Yimen Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, ChinaShiZhiShanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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