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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 192060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinping Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dahongshan Fe-Cu Deposit
Hamubaizu Fe Deposit
Lukuishan Fe Deposit

Latitude: 24°2'30"N
Longitude: 101°55'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.041666666667,101.91666666667

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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18501850245262,452638803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS1850185014526256
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2185018501452623092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4185018501452625516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850245262,4526327198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS18501850145262966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS185018501452624165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O185018501452622970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)218501850245262,452639895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)185018501452628173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1452647437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1850185014526230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31850185014526214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3185018501452625433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418501850245262,4526314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2185018501452625674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21850185014526217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850245262,4526339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21850185014526261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)18501850345262,45263,452646417



1 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
vms-0039018501850Paleoproterozoic (1700-2000)       S134605Dahongshan Fe-Cu Deposit, Xinping Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, ChinaDahongshanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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