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:
Yuanjiang Cu Ore Belt, Yuanjiang Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 232896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanjiang Cu Ore Belt, Yuanjiang Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bailongchang Cu Deposit
Ganzhuang Cu Deposit
Honglongchang Cu Deposit
Jiguanshan Cu Deposit
Tongguangchong 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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Skutterudite	Spinel	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heterogenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar
Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Skutterudite Spinel Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	45284,45287	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45285	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	45284,45285,45286,45287	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	45283,45285,45286	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	45283,45285,45286,45287	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	45284,45285,45286,45287	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	45287	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	45283	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	45283	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	45283	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	45285,45286,45287	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		814
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	45286	131
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	45287	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45284	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	0		111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45284	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45287	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	45285,45286,45287	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	45283,45285,45286,45287	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2	45286,45287	531
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	45283,45286	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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