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:
Lufeng Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lufeng Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Anyi PGE Deposit
Jiziwan Cu Deposit
Xiaoxinchang Mine

Latitude: 25°26'59"N
Longitude: 101°45'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.449722222222,101.76638888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	44790,44791	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44790	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	44790,44791	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	44790,44791	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	44791	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44791	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	44791	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44791	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44791	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44791	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44791	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44790,44791	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	44790,44791	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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