Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lehong Mine, Ludian Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lehong Mine, Ludian Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Epsomite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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