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Locality Name:
Eastern Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60.94

mindat Locality ID: 210430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dasanjie Pb-Zn Occurrence
Heishan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit
Huachangshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit
Huishan Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Kaduo Pb-Zn Deposit
Reshuitang Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaquwu-Dongzhiyan Cu-Ag Deposit
Xinchangshan Ag Deposit
Yanzidong Cu-Ag- Zn-Pb Deposit

Latitude: 26°45'0"N
Longitude: 99°18'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.75,99.316388888889

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	Geocronite
Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Jordanite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Fluorite Geocronite
Marcasite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	63.38	60.94	1	45098	2793
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	1	45100	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	63.38	60.94	1	45098	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	63.38	60.94	2	45095,45100	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	63.38	60.94	1	45098	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	63.38	60.94	1	45098	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	63.38	60.94	2	45095,45100	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	8	45092,45093,45094,45095,45096,45097,45098,45100	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	63.38	60.94	4	45095,45097,45098,45100	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63.38	60.94	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.38	60.94	3	45095,45098,45100	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	63.38	60.94	0		4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	63.38	60.94	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	63.38	60.94	2	45098,45100	9895
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	63.38	60.94	1	45098	34
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	63.38	60.94	3	45093,45094,45095	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	63.38	60.94	3	45095,45098,45100	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.38	60.94	8	45092,45093,45094,45095,45096,45097,45098,45100	24243
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	63.38	60.94	1	45095	105
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	63.38	60.94	0		5674
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	63.38	60.94	1	45098	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63.38	60.94	3	45095,45098,45100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	63.38	60.94	1	45096	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	3	45095,45098,45100	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	63.38	60.94	2	45092,45096	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	63.38	60.94	7	45092,45093,45094,45095,45096,45097,45100	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	63.38	60.94	1	45100	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	63.38	60.94	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	63.38	60.94	3	45095,45098,45100	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Co-00112	61.32	60.94	61.13±0.19	Ar-Ar			quartz	BYP13		Yes	Quartz			154562	Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag Deposit, Western Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China	Baiyangping	Xue et al. (2003)	10.1007/BF02879523	SC46_789
	Co-00113	63.38	62.18	62.78±0.60	Ar-Ar			quartz	BYP13		Yes	Quartz			154562	Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag Deposit, Western Ore Zone, Baiyangping Ore Field, Lanping Co., Nujiang, Yunnan, China	Baiyangping	Xue et al. (2003)	10.1007/BF02879523	SC46_789

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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