Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ximeng Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ximeng Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Amo Sn Deposit
Xiaomasa Intrusion
Ximeng Sn Deposit

Latitude: 22°51'0"N
Longitude: 99°31'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.85,99.533055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tainiolite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Ximengite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bismutite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rhabdophane Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45148	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	45148	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	45148	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	45148	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	45148,45150	5171
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	45149	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45149	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45149	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45149	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	45148	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	45148,45149	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	45148	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	45149	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	45148	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45148	21482
Tainiolite ()*	Mica	KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂	1	45148	40
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	0		211
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	45149	939
Ximengite ()*	Rhabdophane	Bi(PO₄)	1	45148	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	45149	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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