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Locality Name:
Tinggong Cu-Mo Deposit (Tingguan Cu-Mo Deposit), Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.2

mindat Locality ID: 134565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tinggong Cu-Mo Deposit (Tingguan Cu-Mo Deposit), Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°28'10"N
Longitude: 90°1'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.469444444444,90.027777777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	15.8	15.2	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	15.8	15.2	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	15.8	15.2	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15.8	15.2	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	15.8	15.2	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	15.8	15.2	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.8	15.2	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15.8	15.2	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15.8	15.2	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.8	15.2	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15.8	15.2	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	15.8	15.2	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	15.8	15.2	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	15.8	15.2	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15.8	15.2	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.8	15.2	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.8	15.2	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.8	15.2	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00156	15.8	15.2	15.4±0.2 to 15.5±0.3 (Re-Os)									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	134565	Tinggong Cu-Mo Deposit (Tingguan Cu-Mo Deposit), Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China	Tinggong	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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