Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Dayao Copper Mine, Dayao Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 228825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dayao Copper Mine, Dayao Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Liuju Cu Deposit (Luzhou Cu Deposit; Liuzu Cu Deposit; Liuzhi Cu 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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Fukuchilite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O S Sb Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cl Cu Fe S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Digenite Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	70	70	0		2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	70	70	1	44784	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	70	70	1	44784	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	2	44784,44785	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	1	44784	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	70	70	1	44784	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	2	44784,44785	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	2	44784,44785	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	70	70	0		1382
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	70	70	1	44784	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	70	70	1	44784	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	70	70	0		663
Fukuchilite ()*	Pyrite	Cu₃FeS₈	70	70	0		6
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	70	70	1	44784	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	70	70	1	44784	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	70	1	44784	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	70	70	1	44784	4924
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	70	70	0		249
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	1	44784	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	70	70	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	1	44784	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70	70	1	44784	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	70	70	0		5186
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	70	70	0		332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	70	70	0		1803

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00368	70	70	U. Cretaceous										Cu	192407	Liuju Cu Deposit (Luzhou Cu Deposit; Liuzu Cu Deposit; Liuzhi Cu Deposit), Dayao Copper Mine, Dayao Co., Chuxiong, Yunnan, China	LiuZu	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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