Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mileshan Cu-Co Deposit, Luding Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 235386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mileshan Cu-Co Deposit, Luding Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Cobaltite	Covellite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Covellite Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	131
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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