Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Namtu Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 510
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 252796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Namtu Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bawdwin Mining Complex (Bawdwin Mines)

Latitude: 23°6'34"N
Longitude: 97°17'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.109444444444,97.296666666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copiapite	Cubanite
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprocopiapite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As Ba C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copiapite Cubanite
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	510	510	1	86297	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	510	510	1	86297	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	510	470	1	86297	445
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	510	510	1	86297	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	510	510	1	86297	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	510	510	1	86297	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	510	470	1	86297	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	510	510	1	86297	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	510	510	1	86297	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	510	510	1	86297	802
Cuprocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Cu²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	510	510	1	86297	12
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	510	470	1	86297	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	510	510	1	86297	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	510	510	1	86297	987
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	510	510	1	86297	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	510	1	86297	39462
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	510	470	1	86297	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	510	470	1	86297	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	510	510	1	86297	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	510	470	1	86297	1101

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0025	470	470	470											8587	Bawdwin Mining Complex (Bawdwin Mines), Namtu Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar	Bawdwin (Pb–Zn–Ag–Cu–Ni–Co) Mine	Zaw et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.gr.2013.10.010	GR26_5
	vms-00982	510	510	Cambrian										S	8587	Bawdwin Mining Complex (Bawdwin Mines), Namtu Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar	Bawdwin	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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