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


mindat Locality ID: 260935
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260935.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

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

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: 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: 
AdeliteAllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDigeniteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S414525688
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21452565509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41452565516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14525627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1452565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214525627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1452563531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)145256363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1452563846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1452564165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1452561027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21452569895
Graphite  (*)NoneC1452562812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41452565591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214525612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214525617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214525639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214525661156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1452561101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131452565317



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