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Locality Name:
Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 52132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baiyunshan Intrusion
Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field

Latitude: 23°18'8"N
Longitude: 103°10'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.302222222222,103.17388888889
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: Ag Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AxiniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDanburiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetHumiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePhenakitePhilipsburgitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteTurquoiseTyroliteVesuvianiteVeszelyiteWollastonite
WöhleriteZircon

118 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Amesite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Arsendescloizite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuspidine  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dzhalindite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)
Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hongheite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kipushite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nordenskiöldine  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoenfliesite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wiluite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S145661449522793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661449363419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6144928286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14566244928,449348803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O14566144939470
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)41456614494374
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2145661449342162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5145661449291310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)314566544928,44932,44943,44950,449521534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145661449382734
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)1456614492920
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14566544937,44938,44939,44943,449509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6145661449342060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)214566144929260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)283.483.41449435509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18145661449394286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O314566144932214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi14566444931,44932,44936,449371966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S314566244931,449481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)14566144932716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)683.483.41449291633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO214566144934700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566544928,44932,44938,44943,4495127770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O144928232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO283.483.41344931,44932,44933,44935,44936,44938,44940,44942,44946,44947,44948,44950,449515171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)14566344938,44943,449504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S83.483.41449435707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566944931,44935,44936,44937,44939,44942,44947,44948,4495027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F214566144929285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4145661449293902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O83.483.41449433531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)83.483.4144943363
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18145661449291008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S514566144929344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS83.483.41449294165
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F41456614494367
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O814566144943148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)14566144929498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O614566444932,44936,44940,449434135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566444938,44940,44943,449509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)14566144929648
Dzhalindite  (*)PerovskiteIn(OH)31456614494316
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661449298173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)31456614493272
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21456614492927
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F31456614494352
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214566544928,44932,44934,44939,449439617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1283.483.4144952663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145661144930,44933,44937,44938,44939,44942,44943,44945,44946,44950,4495124243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S1456614494360
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3144928504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14566344938,44943,449507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566244936,4493730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3145661449501544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)214566244928,44929209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O614566144943741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566644932,44938,44942,44943,44950,4495114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O14566344934,44939,449431689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te14566144952804
Hongheite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19Fe2+Al4(Fe3+,Mg,Al)8(   ,B)4BSi18O69(O,OH)9145661449441
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)214566144929201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6145661449381066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3145661449345433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414566244928,449295591
Kipushite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu6(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O83.483.41449398
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)214566144934238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566444928,44932,44937,4494314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)283.483.414494312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2145661449345674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145661449344924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl145661449431107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214566344931,44936,449375800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1449281508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566444928,44937,44939,4495017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1449281236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)144928884
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)283.483.4244932,4494316
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)214566144943313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8145661449291512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2145661449342273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614566144929477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]83.483.4144952716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)14566144943494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145661449431898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3145661449521425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566844930,44937,44938,44939,44942,44943,44950,4495139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2145661449293106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814566744931,44933,44938,44939,44942,44943,449509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566544935,44936,44939,44943,4495061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2145661449345614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)14566644931,44935,44936,44939,44948,449504894
Schoenfliesite  (*)PerovskiteMgSn(OH)683.483.4244932,4494310
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)145661449292705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O145661449431153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)145661449396417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5145661449291516
Silver  (*)CopperAg145661449525186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)14566244938,449432473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl144928444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566744929,44930,44937,44938,44942,44943,4495021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O414566244929,449431934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS483.483.4144931668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS414566144952586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1383.483.4344931,44943,449525317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O14566244928,449344899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661449342562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O83.483.4144929484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O83.483.4144929245
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl14566144929605
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)283.483.4244932,4494356
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1014566244932,449361395
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O83.483.414493920
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO414566144943303
Wiluite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19(Al,Mg)13(B,   ,Al)5(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(O,OH)10145661449436
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3145661449291247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4145661449431655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)14566144929939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)14566244928,449295251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00201083.483.483.4 mineralization age     Sn, Cu31920Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, ChinaGejiuJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Chen2007tbl01-0214566Cretaceous?      Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum 186995Jixinnao Au-Cu Deposit, Kafang Ore Field (Kafang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, ChinaJixinnao, Gejiu, YunnanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R160003Laochang Ore Field (Laochang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R160003

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