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:
Chuxiong Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuxiong Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Xiaoshuijing Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44780	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44780	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44780	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44780	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	44780	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44780	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44780	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44780	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44780	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44780	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44780	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44780	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	44780	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44780	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44780	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44780	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	44780	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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