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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.38

mindat Locality ID: 135329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135329.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 29°30'40"N
Longitude: 90°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.511111111111,90

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	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

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

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14.15	13.38	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	14.15	13.38	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14.15	13.38	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	14.15	13.38	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14.15	13.38	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14.15	13.38	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14.15	13.38	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	14.15	13.38	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14.15	13.38	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14.15	13.38	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	14.15	13.38	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14.15	13.38	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	14.15	13.38	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14.15	13.38	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	14.15	13.38	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14.15	13.38	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14.15	13.38	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14.15	13.38	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14.15	13.38	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	14.15	13.38	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	14.15	13.38	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	14.15	13.38	4899

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-00682	14.15	13.38	13.99±0.16 (Re-Os); 13.38 (Ar-Ar)									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	135329	Chongjiang Cu-(Mo-Au) Deposit, Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China	Chonjiang	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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