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Locality Name:
Zhanyi Co., Qujing, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 225638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhanyi Co., Qujing, Yunnan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Deze Ni-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 25°52'59"N
Longitude: 103°36'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.883055555556,103.61638888889

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteMarcasiteMilleriteNonePentlanditePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteValleriite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Evansite  (*)Gold  (*)Jordisite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14518611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41451865516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214518627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1451864165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21451869895
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O14518656
Gold  (*)CopperAu14518630554
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2145186102
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21451865674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1451861066
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS145186767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S214518655
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81451861512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4145186131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214518639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214518661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14518621482
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS414518648
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131451861803
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]145186237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4145186380



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