Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Basalt Cu Occurrences, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 233368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Cu Occurrences, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Sujia Cu Deposit
Wude Cu Deposit
Zhaotong 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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	45323,45324,45325	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	45323,45324	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	45323,45324,45325	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	45325	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	45323,45324	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	45323,45324,45325	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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