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Locality Name:
Shwe Min Bon Deposit, Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar


mindat Locality ID: 310430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shwe Min Bon Deposit, Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bwet Taung Orebody
Lun Htoe Orebody
Shwe Gu Lay Orebody
Shwe Taung Gyar Orebody
Shwe Taung Gyi Orebody
Tiger Mouth Orebody
Zin Yaw Orebody

Latitude: 20°40'0"N
Longitude: 96°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.666666666667,96.466666666667
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
EpidoteFluoriteGarnetMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2486327,86328,86330,863323419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3386327,86330,863321534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1863329052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2586327,86328,86329,86332,863335509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3286327,863301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4586327,86328,86329,86330,863325516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)686327,86328,86329,86330,86332,8633327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S486328,86329,86330,863325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2586327,86328,86329,86330,8633227198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5186327344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS386327,86329,863304165
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2186327246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4186327910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)586327,86328,86329,86330,863328173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21863289617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS286327,8633224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu486327,86328,86330,8633230554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3286330,86332104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3286332,8633314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4286332,8633314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2586327,86328,86329,86332,8633312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2486327,86328,86330,8633239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2686327,86328,86329,86330,86332,8633361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS586327,86328,86329,86330,8633221482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3386327,86330,86332276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13586327,86328,86329,86330,863321803
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2386327,86328,863322562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10386328,86329,863301395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3286327,86330297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3586327,86328,86329,86330,863321247


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