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Locality Name:
Gucheng District, Lijiang, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 225630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gucheng District, Lijiang, Yunnan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gudutang Mn Deposit
Lamagu Cu Deposit (Laomagu Cu Deposit)
Picrite Lava Outcrop
Wentong Cu Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Moissanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Zinc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2245032,450345509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4245032,450345516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245032,4503427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S245032,450345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214503227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1450333846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1450328173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14503224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14503330554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245032,4503412537
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC14503357
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214503217380
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2145032771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245032,4503461156
Zinc  (*)NoneZn14503352


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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