Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 189127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanjiang Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Anding Ni Deposit
Chahe Cu Deposit
Yuanjiang Cu Ore Belt
Yuanjiang Ruby Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Skutterudite	Spinel	Titanite	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Glaucodot ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
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: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Skutterudite Spinel Titanite Vivianite Zircon

31 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)	2	45284,45287	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45285	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	45281,45284,45285,45286,45287	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	45283,45285,45286,45288	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	45281,45283,45285,45286,45287	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	45281,45284,45285,45286,45287	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	45287	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	45283	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	45288	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	45283	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	45283	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	45288	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	45285,45286,45287	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	45282	814
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	45288	1188
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	45286	131
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	45287,45288	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	45281,45284	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	45282	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45284	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45287	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	45288	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	45281,45285,45286,45287,45288	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	45281,45283,45285,45286,45287	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	45288	5614
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2	45286,45287	531
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	45288	1934
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	45283,45286	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	45288	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45288	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	45288	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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