Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 224618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field
Heqing Mn Deposit
Liuhe Village
Luobodi Cu-Au Deposit
Xiaotianjing Mine

Latitude: 26°30'0"N
Longitude: 100°8'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.5,100.13333333333

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Humite	Iron	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Humite Iron Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Topaz Vesuvianite Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Iron ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kellyite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Manganite ()*
Manganosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrochroite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	44837	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55.8	33.9	3	44830,44833,44839	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂			2	44836,44839	77
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	55.8	33.9	1	44829	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	55.8	33.9	1	44829	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	55.8	33.9	1	44830	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	55.8	33.9	1	44829	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			2	44836,44839	173
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	44836	178
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	55.8	33.9	1	44829	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			2	44836,44839	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	6	44829,44830,44833,44836,44837,44839	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44839	83
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	1	44829	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55.8	33.9	4	44829,44831,44833,44839	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	55.8	33.9	1	44829	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	55.8	33.9	1	44829	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	44836	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	55.8	33.9	1	44829	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	55.8	33.9	3	44829,44830,44831	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	55.8	33.9	3	44830,44833,44836	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55.8	33.9	1	44829	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	55.8	33.9	1	44830	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55.8	33.9	1	44830	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	55.8	33.9	1	44829	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	55.8	33.9	2	44829,44836	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	55.8	33.9	2	44829,44830	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	55.8	33.9	1	44829	1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			2	44836,44839	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55.8	33.9	5	44830,44831,44833,44835,44836	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	55.8	33.9	1	44829	1689
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	44837	1089
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	44836	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	55.8	33.9	2	44829,44836	5591
Kellyite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Mn²⁺,Mg,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44836	11
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	2	44829,44836	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	4	44829,44831,44833,44836	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	55.8	33.9	1	44829	88
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	44836	770
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO			1	44836	73
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	252
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	55.8	33.9	1	44829	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55.8	33.9	1	44829	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	3	44830,44833,44839	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			1	44836	121
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55.8	33.9	2	44831,44833	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	55.8	33.9	1	44829	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	7	44829,44830,44831,44833,44835,44836,44839	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂			1	44836	56
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	55.8	33.9	3	44831,44836,44839	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	55.8	33.9	1	44829	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55.8	33.9	6	44829,44831,44833,44836,44837,44839	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	44836	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	44836,44839	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	1	44829	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	55.8	33.9	1	44829	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	55.8	33.9	1	44829	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55.8	33.9	1	44830	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	55.8	33.9	1	44830	3418
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	55.8	33.9	1	44829	510
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	44836	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	44837	1476
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	55.8	33.9	1	44829	100
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	55.8	33.9	1	44829	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	55.8	33.9	1	44829	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	44837	5251

1 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
	PorphCu-00161	55.8	33.9	Eocene									Albite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	134936	Beiya Au-Cu Ore Field, Heqing Co., Dali, Yunnan, China	Beiya	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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