Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Cangyuan Co., Lincang, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 231360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cangyuan Co., Lincang, Yunnan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cangyuan Pn-Zn Ore Field
Gongding Au 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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Fluorite Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	45055	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	45051,45052	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	45051,45052	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	45051,45052	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	45051,45052	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	45051,45052	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45055	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45055	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	45051,45052	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45051,45052	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	45051,45052,45055	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	45051,45052	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45055	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	45051,45052	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	45048,45049,45050,45051,45052,45053,45054,45055	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	45051,45052	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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