Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jianchuan Co., Dali, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 244351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jianchuan Co., Dali, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jinhe Intrusion
Wenhua Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 26°35'15"N
Longitude: 99°53'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.5875,99.884166666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Eastonite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Iron Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	44841	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44841	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	44841	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	44841	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44842	27770
Eastonite ()*	Mica	KAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44841	11
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44842	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44841	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	44841	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44841	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44841	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44841	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44842	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44841	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44842	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	44841	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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