Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mouding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 225616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mouding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Damintai Cu-Ni Deposit
Ertaipo Sc Deposit
Geyizha Cu Deposit
Haojiahe Cu Deposit
Liweimo Cu Deposit
Mouding Mine
Qingshuihe Cu Deposit
Zhuoguanshan Cu Deposit

Latitude: 24°14'39"N
Longitude: 103°6'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.244166666667,103.1

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Talc

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Molybdenite None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Talc

26 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	70	70	1	44796	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44794	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	70	70	1	44796	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	44794	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	70	70	3	44796,44799,44800	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	3	44796,44799,44800	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	3	44796,44799,44800	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	5	44796,44797,44798,44799,44800	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	4	44793,44796,44799,44800	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	70	70	1	44796	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	70	70	1	44796	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	70	70	3	44796,44799,44800	9895
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	44797	345
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	70	70	3	44796,44799,44800	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	44794	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	44794	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	70	3	44796,44797,44798	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	70	70	2	44795,44797	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44794	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	44793	1512
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	44797	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	3	44796,44799,44800	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	4	44794,44796,44799,44800	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70	70	1	44796	6417
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	70	70	1	44796	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44794	3337

2 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
	sedcu-00376	70	70	U. Cretaceous										Cu	228368	Geyizha Cu Deposit, Mouding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	GeYiZha	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00375	70	70	U. Cretaceous										Cu	228364	Haojiahe Cu Deposit, Mouding Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	HaoJiaHe	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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