Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Eshan Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 260934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eshan Co., Yuxi, Yunnan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Shelang Cu Deposit

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Digenite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Digenite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	45254	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	45254	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	45254	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	45254	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45254	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	45254	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	45254	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	45254	3846
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	45254	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45254	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	45254	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45254	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	45254	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45254	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	45254	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	45254	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	45254	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45254	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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