Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hongniu-Hongshan Cu Deposit, Shangri-La Co. (Xianggelila Co.; Zhongdian Co.), Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 253945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hongniu-Hongshan Cu Deposit, Shangri-La Co. (Xianggelila Co.; Zhongdian Co.), Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture (Deqin Autonomous Prefecture; Diqing Autonomous Prefecture), Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hongniu Section
Hongshan Section

Latitude: 28°7'22"N
Longitude: 99°53'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.122777777778,99.8875

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

30 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	1	44914	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44914	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	44914	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44914	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44914	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	44913,44914	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44914	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44914	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	44914	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44914	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44914	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44914	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	44914	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	44913,44914	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44914	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	44914	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	44914	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44914	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	44914	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44914	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44914	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	44914	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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