Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mojiang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225637.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mojiang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jinchang Mine (Mojiang Mine; Yuanjiang Gold Mine)

Latitude: 23°30'0"N
Longitude: 101°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.5,101.75

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	Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Acanthite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fischesserite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grimaldiite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Millerite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pearceite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Vaesite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Löllingite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

41 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	45139	2793
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	45139	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	45139	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45139	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	45139	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45139	9895
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	1	45139	24
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	45139	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	45139	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45139	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45139	30554
Grimaldiite ()*	None	CrO(OH)	1	45139	5
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45139	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	45139	407
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45139	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	45139	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45139	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45139	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	45139	300
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	45139	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	45139	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45139	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	45139	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	45139	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	45139	767
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	45139	249
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	45139	485
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	45139	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	45139	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45139	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	45139	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	45139	233
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	45139	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	45139	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45139	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	45139	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45139	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45139	5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	45139	66
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	45139	293
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	45139	106

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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