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Locality Name:
Tengchong Co., Baoshan, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17.84
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 8304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tengchong Co., Baoshan, Yunnan, China": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Longchuanjiang Basin
Mingguang
Rehai Geothermal Field
Shapo U Deposit (U Deposit No. 602)
Shuiyingsi U Deposit (U Deposit No. 108)
Tengchong Sn Belt
Tongchangshan Mine
Unnamed U Deposit

Latitude: 25°22'51"N
Longitude: 98°28'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.380833333333,98.467777777778

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.

Aluminite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Halotrichite	Humite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Ludwigite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Halotrichite Humite Kaolinite Kobellite Ludwigite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Zircon

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aluminite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calcurmolite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Studtite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Tengchongite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Trona ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	44761	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			4	44759,44760,44762,44769	8803
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O			1	44752	78
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	44751,44752	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	44751	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	44751	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	44743	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	44762	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	44751	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	44752,44763	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	44763	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	44763	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	44751,44752,44753,44761,44763,44767	27770
Calcurmolite ()*	None	(Ca_1-xNa_x)₂(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)_6-x·nH₂O	17.84	0	1	44777	10
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			15	44759,44760,44761,44762,44763,44764,44767,44768,44769,44770,44771,44772,44773,44774,44775	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	44763	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	44763	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	44752,44761,44763,44767,44769,44775	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	44767	285
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			4	44742,44751,44752,44755	566
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	44751	136
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	44763	344
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44752	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			4	44763,44767,44770,44773	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	44761,44763	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	44763,44770,44773	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	44764	414
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃			1	44767	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			8	44752,44760,44762,44763,44767,44769,44770,44773	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	44767	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	44750,44752,44761,44763,44767,44775,44776	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	44763	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	44743	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44752	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	44751,44752	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	44754	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	44751	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	44742,44751,44755	14640
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂			1	44763	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	44743,44751,44752	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	44767	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			9	44763,44766,44767,44768,44769,44770,44772,44773,44774	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			4	44751,44752,44755,44763	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	44759,44760	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	44763,44773,44775	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			13	44751,44752,44760,44761,44762,44763,44767,44768,44769,44770,44773,44774,44775	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			5	44742,44743,44751,44752,44773	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44762	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	44763,44767	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			16	44743,44744,44751,44752,44755,44756,44761,44762,44763,44767,44768,44769,44770,44773,44774,44775	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			4	44763,44767,44773,44775	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			16	44742,44751,44752,44755,44756,44759,44760,44761,44762,44763,44764,44769,44770,44773,44774,44775	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	44751,44753	1711
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	44751	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	44762	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	44759	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			6	44767,44769,44770,44771,44773,44775	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	44743	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	17.84	0	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	44763	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			8	44742,44750,44752,44761,44763,44767,44775,44776	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	44767	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	44760	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	44763	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	44752	3418
Studtite ()*	None	(UO₂)(O₂)(H₂O)₂·2H₂O	17.84	0	1	44777	25
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	44751,44752	2045
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)			1	44767	87
Tengchongite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(UO₂)₆(MoO₄OH)₂O₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	17.84	0	1	44777	3
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	44763	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			2	44751,44753	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O			2	44751,44754	64
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			9	44760,44762,44764,44768,44769,44770,44773,44774,44775	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	44763	2562
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			2	44751,44754	129
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			10	44743,44744,44745,44746,44747,44751,44752,44755,44756,44757	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	44763	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	44749	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	44762,44764,44770	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00320	17.84	0		K-Ar								Calcurmolite, Tengchongite	Mo	134613	Unnamed U Deposit, Tengchong Co., Baoshan, Yunnan, China		Zhiguo et al. (1987)	10.1016/0375-6505(87)90007-1	GT16_283

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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