Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yongshan Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yongshan Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Basalt Cu Occurrences
Jinshachang Pb-Zn 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	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Cd Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

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	45320	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45319	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	45320	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	45316,45320	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45320	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	45316	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	45320	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	45317,45318,45319,45320	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	45320	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	45317,45318,45319	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45319	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	45320	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	45317,45318,45319	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45320	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	45320	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	45320	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	45320	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	45320	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	45320	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45320	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	45319	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45319	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	45317,45318,45319,45320	12537
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	45320	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45316,45320	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	45317,45318,45319,45320	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	45319,45320	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45320	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	45319	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45320	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45319	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	45320	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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