Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yinmin Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 211939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yinmin Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°15'29"N
Longitude: 102°27'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.258055555556,102.46305555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Feldspar	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Feldspar Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1500	1500	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1500	1500	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1500	1500	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1500	1500	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	1500	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1500	1500	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1500	1500	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1500	1500	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1500	1500	910
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1500	1500	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1500	1500	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1500	1500	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1500	1500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	61156

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00360	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic	Yes	Cu	155463	Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China	LaoBeiChung	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00359	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic	Yes	Cu	155467	Luoxue Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China	LaoXue	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00362	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic	Yes	Cu	8302	Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China	TangDan	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00358	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic		Cu	211939	Yinmin Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China	YinMin	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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