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Locality Name:
Qulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Maizhokunggar Co. (Mozhugongka Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 134575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Maizhokunggar Co. (Mozhugongka Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°37'46"N
Longitude: 91°35'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.629444444444,91.598888888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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 F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	23	5.3	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	23	5.3	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	5.3	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	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-00157	23	5.3	Miocene									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	134575	Qulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Maizhokunggar Co. (Mozhugongka Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China	Qulong	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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