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Locality Name:
Dayanzi PGE Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 21221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dayanzi PGE Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperDigeniteMalachiteMeloniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyrite
Quartz

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Borovskite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21500150005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41500150005516
Borovskite  (*)NonePd3SbTe41500150007
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215001500027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1500150003846
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1500150001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21500150009895
Gold  (*)CopperAu15001500030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215001500012537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2150015000155
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2150015000133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81500150001512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt150015000485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81500150009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215001500061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2150015000337


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
sedcu-0035715001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu153539Luchang-Datongchang Ag-Cu Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, ChinaHuiLiCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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