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Pyrite from
Yao'an Au-Ag deposit, Yao'an County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yao'an Au-Ag deposit, Yao'an County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437386:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘLongtan Mine, Nanhua County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
51.6km (32.0 miles) ⓘJinbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit (Jingbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
55.3km (34.3 miles) ⓘLiuju Cu deposit (Luzhou Cu deposit; Liuzu Cu deposit; Liuzhi Cu deposit), Dayao copper mine, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
74.2km (46.1 miles) ⓘJinchangqing ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
74.7km (46.4 miles) ⓘDacun Cu deposit, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
77.3km (48.0 miles) ⓘMaolipo ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
79.4km (49.3 miles) ⓘCentral Yunnan Province (Yenanchang), Yuanmou County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘLuandongshan ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘMachangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘZhubu Ni-Cu deposit, Yuanmou County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
References
Zhun Zhang, Zhilong Huang, and Cheng Xu (2002): Mineral Deposits 21(suppl.), 1102-1105
Bi, Xianwu, Hu, Ruizhong, Cornell, Dave Hugh (2004) The alkaline porphyry associated Yao'an gold deposit, Yunnan, China: rare earth element and stable isotope evidence for magmatic-hydrothermal ore formation. Mineralium Deposita, 39 (1). 21-30 doi:10.1007/s00126-003-0374-z
Xianwu Bi, Ruizhong Hu, Jiantang Peng, and Kaixin Wu (2004): Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 23(1), 1-4, Zhou, H., Sun, X., Wu, Z., Yang, T., Li, D., Ren, Y., Liu, Q., Zhu, K. & Yu, H. (2018). Mineralogy of Bi-sulfosalts and tellurides from the Yaoan gold deposit, southwest China: metallogenic implications. Ore Geology Reviews 98, 126-140.
Yan, Qinggao; Jiang, Xiaojun; Li, Wenchang; Li, Chao; Yang, Fucheng (2024) Genesis of alkaline porphyries and associated Cu–Au–Pb–Ag polymetallic mineralization in an intracontinental transpression setting: Example from the Yao’an volcano-plutonic complex in western Yangtze Craton, SW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 165. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105922
 
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