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Chalcopyrite from
Langdu Mine (Langdou Mine), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Langdu Mine (Langdou Mine), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1521484
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1521484:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘSongnuo Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘHongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘHongshan section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘNorth Ore Section, Pulang Cu deposit (Xuejiping Cu deposit), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘHongniu section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘPulang Cu deposit (Xuejiping Cu deposit), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘLannitang Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘXuejiping Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
24.4km (15.1 miles) ⓘChundu Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘZhujiding Cu deposit, Xiangcheng Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), 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
Mo, Lei; Leng, Chengbiao; Gao, Hongze; Li, Kaixuan; Chen, Xilian; Wang, Yanjun; Dong, Tao; Luo, Wanquan; Yu, Haijun (2026) Geochemical Compositions of Zircon and Apatite from the Langdu Intrusions in the Zhongdian Arc: Implications for Porphyry–Skarn Cu Mineralization. Minerals, 16 (4). 413 doi:10.3390/min16040413
 
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