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Locality Name:
Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 8302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°10'48"N
Longitude: 103°3'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.18,103.05972222222
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteFeldsparNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTyroliteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tangdanite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1500150008803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15001500011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41500150005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15001500027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1500150005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215001500027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1500150004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1500150001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21500150009895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4150015000910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15001500024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315001500014640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215001500061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15001500021482
Tangdanite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O1500150008
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O150015000245


4 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
sedcu-0036015001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu155463Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaLaoBeiChungCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0035915001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu155467Luoxue Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaLaoXueCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0036215001500Mid Proterozoic       Cu8302Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaTangDanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0035815001500Mid Proterozoic     Yes Cu211939Yinmin Mine, Dongchuan Cu Ore Field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaYinMinCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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