Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baiyukou Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 230689
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230689.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baiyukou Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi, 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.

Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Covellite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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