Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jinchang Mine (Mojiang Mine; Yuanjiang Gold Mine), Mojiang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 134618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinchang Mine (Mojiang Mine; Yuanjiang Gold Mine), Mojiang Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°30'0"N
Longitude: 101°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.5,101.75

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Acanthite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fischesserite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grimaldiite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Millerite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pearceite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Vaesite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Löllingite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	24
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grimaldiite ()*	None	CrO(OH)	5
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	66
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	106

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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