Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muchuan Co., Leshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 233130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muchuan Co., Leshan, Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Muchuan Re-Mo-(Os) Deposit
Zhangjiacun 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.

Amorphous	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Digenite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Digenite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Digenite Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

14 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)	1	43453	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43453	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43453	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43453	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	43453	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	43453	1756
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	43453	1027
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1	43453	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43453	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	43453	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	43453	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43453	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43453	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43453	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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