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


mindat Locality ID: 310432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bwet Taung Orebody, Shwe Min Bon Deposit, Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEnargiteEpidoteGarnet
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
WollastoniteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)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)203419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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