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:
Shawan District, Leshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 233128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shawan District, Leshan, Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sieshan Cu Deposit
Tongjiezi

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	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Digenite Mica None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43456	5516
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43457	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43456	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43456	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	43456	1027
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43456	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43456	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43456	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43456	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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