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Locality Name:
Kawlin Township, Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar


mindat Locality ID: 127426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawlin Township, Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kyaukpahto Mine
Shangalon Cu Deposit

Latitude: 23°48'42"N
Longitude: 95°43'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.811666666667,95.728055555556

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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1862569052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18625627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2286256,8625727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1862562600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18625624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18625630554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41862565591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21862565674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21862575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2286256,8625717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2286256,8625739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218625661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18625621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131862565317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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