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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.4

mindat Locality ID: 225611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yongping Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Changjie Cu-Co Deposit
Shuixie Mine

Latitude: 25°18'30"N
Longitude: 99°31'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.308333333333,99.533055555556

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundumGypsumMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)26058.41448753092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6058.4244874,448759052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6058.4244874,4487511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46058.41448755516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6058.414487527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6058.41448755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26058.4244874,4487527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS144874966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26058.41448759895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6058.414487524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6058.41448756890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314487414640
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26058.414487517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS144874767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26058.4244874,4487539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26058.4244874,4487561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6058.4244874,448756417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6058.414487521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S36058.41448753418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S136058.4244874,448751803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136058.41448755317



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
Co-000566058.459.2±0.8Ar-Ar quartz   Quartz  155459Shuixie Mine, Yongping Co., Dali, Yunnan, ChinaShuixie MineZheng et al. (2004) GJCU10_165 


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