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Locality Name:
Butuo Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 244102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butuo Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Butujinzi Pb-Zn Deposit
Wuyi Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaodongzi Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 27°28'6"N
Longitude: 102°56'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.468333333333,102.94722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFluoriteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1434632793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)243462,434642734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21434625509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)343462,43463,4346411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)343462,43463,4346427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1434621252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)243462,434634979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214346327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1434634165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2343462,43463,434649895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2243462,434639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS343462,43463,4346424243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O243462,434641689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61434641066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2243462,4346417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2343462,43463,4346439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2343462,43463,4346461156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)243462,434632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS343462,43463,4346421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131434631803


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