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Chalcocite from
Liuju Cu deposit (Luzhou Cu deposit; Liuzu Cu deposit; Liuzhi Cu deposit), Dayao copper mine, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Liuju Cu deposit (Luzhou Cu deposit; Liuzu Cu deposit; Liuzhi Cu deposit), Dayao copper mine, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:554128
Long-form Identifier:1:3:554128:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Chalcocite in this Region
Aodiju ore body, Liuju Cu deposit (Luzhou Cu deposit; Liuzu Cu deposit; Liuzhi Cu deposit), Dayao copper mine, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘDacun Cu deposit, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
56.4km (35.1 miles) ⓘMouding Mine, Mouding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
57.5km (35.7 miles) ⓘLalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘLuodang Mine, Lalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
72.8km (45.3 miles) ⓘCentral Yunnan Province (Yenanchang), Yuanmou County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘYinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
97.5km (60.6 miles) ⓘDameichang Mine, Luoci Cu ore field, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
References
Bing Tong (1976): Geology and Prospecting 12(2), 30-37
Peijun Zhang and Yiseng Wang (1981): Geology and Prospecting 17(2), 20-25
Chen Genwen, Xia Bin, Wu Yanzhi, Tu Guangzhi, and Yu Hengxiang (2000): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 43(suppl.), 262-272
Cox, Dennis P., Lindsey, David A., Singer, Donald A., Diggles, Michael F. (2003) Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. Open-File Report 2003-107. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr2003107
Zhang Yan, Run Sheng, Wu Peng, and Weiping Tang (2013): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 33(3), 363-368
 
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