Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yao'an Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225617.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yao'an Au-Ag Deposit

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hodrušite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Matildite ()*	Melonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paarite ()*
Padĕraite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tsumoite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite
Melonite Meneghinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite Titanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	44816	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	44816	315
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44816	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	44816	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44816	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	44816	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44816	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44816	27198
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	1	44816	43
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	44816	246
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	44816	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44816	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	44816	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44816	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	44816	804
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	1	44816	28
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44816	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	44816	80
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	1	44816	38
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44816	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	44816	252
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	44816	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44816	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44816	2349
Paarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu_1.7Pb_1.7Bi_6.3S₁₂	1	44816	7
Padĕraite ()*	None	Cu₇[(Cu,Ag)_0.33Pb_1.33Bi_11.33]S₂₂	1	44816	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44816	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44816	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44816	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	44816	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44816	4899
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	44816	100

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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