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Pyrrhotite from
Songnuo Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Songnuo Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1521452
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1521452:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘLangdu Mine (Langdou Mine), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘNorth Ore Section, Pulang Cu deposit (Xuejiping Cu deposit), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘPulang Cu deposit (Xuejiping Cu deposit), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘEast Ore Section, Pulang Cu deposit (Xuejiping Cu deposit), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘHongshan section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘHongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘZhujiding Cu deposit, Xiangcheng Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘDonglufang Mo-Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
98.9km (61.5 miles) ⓘBainiuchang Au-polymetallic deposit, Muli County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
References
Yang, Qun, Yun-Sheng Ren, Sheng-Bo Chen, Guo-Liang Zhang, Qing-Hong Zeng, Yu-Jie Hao, Jing-Mou Li, Zhong-Jie Yang, Xin-Hao Sun, and Zhen-Ming Sun. (2019) "Geological, Geochronological, and Geochemical Insights into the Formation of the Giant Pulang Porphyry Cu (–Mo–Au) Deposit in Northwestern Yunnan Province, SW China" Minerals 9, no. 3: 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030191
 
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