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Locality Name:
Weishan Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 228826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weishan Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bijiashan Sb Deposit
Dugupi-Ma'anshan Sb Ore Field
Heilongtan Hg Deposit
Lianhuashan Au Occurrence
Luojiucun Sb Deposit
Ma'anshan Fe Deposit
Ma'anshan Hg Deposit
Shihuangchang Au-Sb-As Deposit
Shiyancun Sb Deposit
Tiankoucun Au Occurrence
Zhacun Au Deposit
Zijinshan Au Occurrence

Latitude: 25°13'40"N
Longitude: 100°7'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.227777777778,100.12194444444

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	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None
Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	44867	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44858	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	44857,44867	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	44857,44858,44861,44862,44863,44865,44866,44867,44868	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	44857,44859,44863,44865	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	44863,44864,44867	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	44857,44858,44861,44865	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	44863,44864,44867	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	44860,44866,44867,44868	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	44857,44858,44866	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44857	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44864	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	44864	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	44857,44860,44863,44864,44865,44866,44867,44868	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	44857,44860,44861,44865,44867,44868	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	44864	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	44863,44864,44867	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	44858	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	44857,44858,44861,44865	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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