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Locality Name:
Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 232
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 123283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Barkam Co. (Ma'erkang Co.)
Heishui Co.
Jinchuan Co.
Jiuzhaigou Co. (Nanping Co.)
Li Co.
Ngawa Co. (Aba Co.)
Songpan Co.
Xiaojin Co.
Zamtang Co. (Rangtang Co.)
Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.)

Latitude: 32°49'33"N
Longitude: 102°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.825833333333,102.71666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Ta Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBeryl
BournoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOrpimentPyritePyrochlore
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTungstiteWollastoniteZircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aktashite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimonselite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kullerudite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Lautite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Penroseite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Trüstedtite  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22011451436363419
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S1223223214360222
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1761521143591,43597,43598,43607,43610,43611,43618,43627,43628,43629,436318803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O143637470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31435932353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6143621966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)232232243602,436211588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2201145643593,43603,43607,43633,43636,436433092
Antimonselite  (*)StibniteSb2Se31436407
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1436393250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs343613,43618,43639379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2321451243601,43602,43603,43607,43618,43621,43623,43625,43631,43632,43636,436399052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1436441272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21436375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2321451143602,43603,43618,43623,43636,43637,43638,43640,43641,43643,4364411547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181436294286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4343638,43640,436445516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11143639843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31436211089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)143593483
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2143632361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2321451743594,43595,43602,43603,43617,43618,43621,43623,43625,43631,43632,43636,43637,43638,43639,43643,4364427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1436371252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O143621925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S201145243636,436445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22011451343595,43613,43618,43621,43625,43631,43632,43636,43637,43638,43640,43643,4364427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2322321243601,43602,43607,43617,43618,43621,43623,43637,43638,43639,43640,436412600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe143640281
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31436371797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS201145343636,43637,436404165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4343637,43640,43641651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62011451436364135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22321451443594,43595,43602,43603,43607,43615,43618,43619,43621,43622,43623,43636,43639,436439895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)201145543621,43623,43631,43636,436378173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4243618,43640163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2232232443602,43637,43639,436439617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12143639663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145943607,43621,43631,43633,43636,43637,43639,43640,4364324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)201145543595,43603,43623,43632,436367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2321452243601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43615,43616,43617,43618,43619,43622,43623,43624,43625,43631,43632,43633,43636,43637,43639,43640,4364130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC443605,43618,43623,436392812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O232232443602,43621,43639,436446890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4143593350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145443595,43634,43636,4363714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31436135433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61436372228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2243638,43643102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4232145843602,43618,43621,43631,43633,43636,43637,436395591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2143637230
Kullerudite  (*)MarcasiteNiSe21436403
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2143593234
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS14364032
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201145643594,43595,43607,43623,43634,4363614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201145243636,4363712537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O14363942
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201145843618,43621,43634,43636,43639,43640,43641,436445674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS143637255
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1761521435974924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS243638,436441066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1436181508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22321451843594,43595,43597,43602,43603,43607,43611,43618,43621,43625,43631,43632,43633,43634,43636,43637,43639,4364317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O243637,436392994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32322321143601,43602,43603,43617,43618,43621,43623,43637,43639,43640,43641511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1436072349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS143640767
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se214364014
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)243594,43595260
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4343638,43640,43644131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22321452543594,43595,43601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43607,43617,43618,43621,43623,43625,43631,43632,43633,43634,43636,43637,43638,43639,43640,43641,43643,4364439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21435943106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2143621771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8232145843602,43618,43631,43632,43636,43637,43640,436419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22321452643594,43595,43601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43607,43611,43617,43618,43621,43623,43625,43631,43632,43633,43634,43636,43637,43638,43639,43640,43641,43643,4364461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2321451343601,43602,43603,43607,43617,43618,43621,43623,43636,43637,43639,43640,43641712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)243594,435951711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)243594,43595969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2443607,43621,43623,436395614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)201145443603,43618,43621,436364894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O343603,43623,436391153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)232232443602,43603,43623,436436417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1436135186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3243594,435951214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2011451443607,43618,43621,43623,43625,43632,43633,43636,43637,43638,43639,43640,43643,4364421482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6176152243591,43597688
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)143603446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32321452143601,43602,43603,43604,43605,43607,43613,43618,43621,43623,43625,43631,43632,43633,43634,43636,43637,43638,43639,43640,436413418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1436392045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS414363848
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O614362899
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13243618,436381803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13443613,43618,43621,436405317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe243640,4364183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2011451436364899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1436441059
Trüstedtite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2Se41436404
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O143603118
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2443637,43638,43643,436442718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2143640106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3243603,43637369
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32011451436361247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)201145243623,436365251


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0134176152176-152Ar-ArAge of rockmuscovite   Muscovite  228859Ke'eryin Pegmatite Field, Jinchuan Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, ChinaKe'eryin depositLi et al. (2015)10.1111/1755-6724.12453AGS89_656 
Hg-00116232232 unknown radiometric     AktashiteHg134980Lianhecun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit (Lianhechun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit), Jiuzhaigou Co. (Nanping Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China Xia et al. (2006) JCUT33_384 
Chen2007tbl01-65201145Jurassic      Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite 5794Baxi Au Deposit (A'xi Au Deposit; Axi Au Deposit), Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, ChinaBaxi (Axi), Ruoergai, SichuanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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