Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 134564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.)
Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.)
Lhari Co. (Jiali Co.)
Nagchu Co. (Naqu Co.)
Nyainrong Co. (Nierong Co.)
Nyima Co. (Nima Co.)
Shuanghu Co.
Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.)

Latitude: 31°56'17"N
Longitude: 89°44'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.938055555556,89.7425

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Bismutite
Blödite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Modderite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tungstite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Bismutite
Blödite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Modderite Molybdenite Nickeline None Northupite Not in a structural group Perovskite
Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tungstite Wollastonite Zircon

109 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anduoite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Blödite ()*	Borax ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chromium ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gaylussite ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroglauberite ()*	Hydrohalite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridarsenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laurite ()*	Leucite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nahcolite ()*	Natron ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Northupite ()*	Opal ()*
Osarsite ()*	Osmium ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Ruthenarsenite ()*
Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Trona ()*	Tungstite ()*	Tychite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43779	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	43795	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	43771,43788,43820	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	43795	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	43815	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43779	1534
Anduoite ()*	None	RuAs₂	1	43762	9
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43810	3092
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	6	43774,43789,43790,43791,43794,43807	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	43774,43806,43813,43817	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	43765,43779	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	43765,43815	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	43816	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	43816	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	43815	716
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	43790	130
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	7	43774,43777,43789,43790,43791,43802,43808	76
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	43795	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20	43763,43765,43766,43769,43774,43777,43779,43781,43782,43783,43788,43791,43794,43795,43799,43806,43810,43813,43816,43817	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	1	43783	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	43815	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	43783	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43775	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	43762,43765,43775,43779,43783,43785,43788,43810,43815,43816,43819,43820	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	43768,43772,43815	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	1	43762	26
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	43785,43815	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	43779,43816	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	43779,43788,43795	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	8	43765,43777,43781,43794,43799,43806,43813,43817	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	43771,43779,43788,43798,43812,43815	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	43794	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	43788,43816	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	43762,43779,43783,43785,43788,43810,43815,43816	24243
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	2	43791,43808	57
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	43771,43798	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	43787,43796,43810,43815	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	43788	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	43765,43774,43777,43794	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	11	43774,43789,43791,43792,43793,43794,43799,43806,43807,43808,43813	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	43765,43775,43815	14640
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	2	43792,43794	16
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O	5	43792,43793,43794,43806,43813	17
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	3	43774,43791,43817	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	43798,43815	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	43762	154
Iridarsenite ()*	None	IrAs₂	1	43762	13
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	2	43762,43768	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	43768	128
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8	43774,43776,43783,43788,43791,43794,43799,43816	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	43762,43768	226
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	43795	233
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	43762	762
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43812	93
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	4	43765,43774,43791,43799	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	43762,43775,43788,43795,43810,43815,43820	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	43775,43779,43788,43810,43820	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43762	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	43762	1066
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	8	43774,43789,43790,43791,43794,43799,43808,43813	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	43762,43815,43816,43819	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	43816	140
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	1	43777	55
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	6	43776,43799,43804,43806,43813,43817	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	43764,43771,43774,43776,43777,43779,43783,43785,43788,43791,43792,43794,43798,43799,43800,43803,43804,43805,43806,43809,43810,43813,43816,43817,43820	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	2	43774,43791	78
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	4	43774,43789,43790,43791	51
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	43774	80
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	3	43774,43791,43808	31
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	43769	2994
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	43762	16
Osmium ()*	None	Os	2	43762,43768	169
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	43783	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	43762,43763,43765,43779,43783,43785,43788,43810,43815,43816,43820	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	43815	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	43762,43779,43783,43788	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	43763,43765,43769,43771,43776,43779,43783,43785,43788,43798,43810,43815,43816,43817,43820	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	43765	1711
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1	43762	25
Ruthenarsenite ()*	Modderite	(Ru,Ni)As	1	43762	9
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	1	43762	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	43768	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	43771,43787,43798,43815	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43795	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	43787,43815	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	43765,43783	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43783	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	43795	444
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	43762	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	43779,43783,43785,43788,43810,43816	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	43762,43815	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	43815	978
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	43763,43769,43785	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	43789,43808	275
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43783	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	5	43774,43790,43791,43794,43799	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	3	43774,43789,43791	64
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	3	43774,43790,43791	29
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	43771,43795,43798,43815	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	43815	1476
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	3	43774,43789,43791	129
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	43816	118
Tychite ()*	Northupite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)	1	43774	6
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	43762	380
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	43779	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	43815	939
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	1	43789	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	43787,43795,43815	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43788	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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