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Locality Name:
Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 142176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-142176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baxoi Co. (Basu Co.)
Gonjo Co. (Gongjue Co.)
Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.)
Lhorong Co. (Luolong Co.)
Markam Co. (Mangkang Co.)
Qamdo Co. (Changdu Co.)
Riwoqê Co. (Leiwuqi Co.)
Zhag'yab Co. (Chaya Co.)
Zogang Co. (Zuogong Co.)

Latitude: 30°37'21"N
Longitude: 97°55'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.6225,97.925277777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Tl W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bixbyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*
Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Avicennite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Robinsonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	49	38	2	43895,43906	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	66	0	3	43902,43906,43922	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	66	0	1	43906	470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	220	0	1	43893	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	0	1	43906	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	220	0	1	43910	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	66	0	1	43906	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	49	38	2	43895,43918	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	49	38	3	43895,43922,43926	9052
Avicennite ()*	Bixbyite	Tl₂O₃	220	0	1	43910	7
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	41.6	38.3	1	43906	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	220	0	6	43899,43902,43908,43910,43918,43925	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	41.6	36.5	2	43906,43907	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	36.5	5	43895,43900,43903,43906,43907	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	0	8	43895,43902,43906,43917,43918,43922,43925,43926	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	220	0	2	43921,43922	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	0	3	43906,43910,43918	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	41.6	35.4	5	43900,43903,43904,43906,43907	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	36	15	43895,43899,43900,43901,43902,43903,43904,43905,43906,43907,43908,43912,43913,43915,43922	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	220	0	1	43925	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	41.6	35.4	2	43903,43906	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	66	0	1	43906	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	49	35.4	4	43895,43903,43906,43907	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	66	0	1	43906	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	41.6	38.3	1	43906	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	41.6	35.4	2	43903,43906	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	0	1	43906	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	41.6	38.3	1	43906	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	0	4	43893,43895,43902,43906	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	38	38	3	43899,43913,43926	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	37.7	35.4	1	43903	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	49	38	3	43895,43902,43906	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	41.6	38.3	2	43906,43918	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	38	12	43892,43895,43899,43900,43903,43904,43906,43908,43910,43913,43918,43922	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	66	0	1	43906	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	220	0	1	43902	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	66	38	4	43895,43900,43906,43913	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	220	0	1	43929	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	220	0	6	43896,43914,43917,43918,43925,43927	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	220	0	1	43897	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	41.6	35.4	9	43899,43900,43902,43903,43904,43906,43907,43910,43926	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	66	0	1	43906	62
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	220	0	1	43918	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	0	3	43902,43906,43910	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	0	2	43895,43906	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	49	35.6	4	43895,43900,43906,43926	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	220	0	1	43893	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	49	35.4	8	43895,43899,43900,43902,43903,43904,43906,43907	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	49	35.4	4	43895,43902,43903,43906	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	41.9	35.4	6	43900,43903,43904,43906,43907,43913	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	41.6	38.3	1	43906	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	36.5	12	43895,43899,43900,43902,43903,43904,43906,43907,43908,43918,43922,43926	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	220	0	2	43917,43925	511
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	49	38	1	43895	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	66	0	1	43906	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	36	19	43895,43899,43900,43901,43902,43903,43904,43905,43906,43907,43908,43910,43912,43913,43915,43918,43922,43925,43926	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	220	0	1	43893	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	49	38	4	43895,43906,43922,43926	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	36.5	17	43893,43895,43899,43900,43901,43902,43903,43904,43906,43907,43908,43913,43918,43921,43922,43925,43926	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	220	0	2	43917,43923	712
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	220	0	1	43902	969
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	220	0	1	43925	39
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	220	0	2	43893,43902	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	41.6	38.3	2	43906,43910	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	220	0	5	43899,43908,43918,43922,43926	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	220	0	1	43893	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	49	38	2	43895,43906	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	0	2	43906,43918	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	38	11	43892,43899,43900,43903,43904,43906,43908,43913,43918,43925,43926	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	220	0	1	43917	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	220	0	2	43917,43918	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	41.6	35.4	4	43903,43904,43906,43926	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	41.6	38.3	1	43906	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	41.6	35.4	2	43903,43906	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	220	0	1	43910	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	0	2	43895,43906	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	66	0	1	43906	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	220	0	1	43910	5251

21 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
sedcu-00350	220	220	Triassic							Cu	142176	Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Qamdo	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
PorphCu-00170	49	38	49–38							Cu	142185	Gegongnong Cu-Au Deposit (Gegonglong Cu-Au Deposit), Gonjo Co. (Gongjue Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Gegongnong	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00326	36.4	35.6	36.0±0.4	Re-Os		molybdenite	Du-1	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	142183	Duoxiasongduo Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Duoxiasongduo Cu deposit	Du et al. (1994); Hou et al. (2006)
PorphCu-00169	36.4	35.6	36.0±0.4						Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	142183	Duoxiasongduo Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Duoxiasongduo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00171	43	41	43–41						Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	142186	Hengxingcuo Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Hengxingcuo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00075	36.2	35.4	35.8±0.4	Re-Os		molybdenite	Ma-1	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	5793	Malasongduo Cu-Mo Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Malasongduo Cu deposit	Du et al. (1994); Hou et al. (2006)
PorphCu-00018	37.7	35.4	37.1±0.6 - 35.8±0.4						Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	5793	Malasongduo Cu-Mo Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Malasongduo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00166	37.8	37.2	37.5±0.3						Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	142174	Mangzong Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Mangzhong Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Mangzhong	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00167	46	46	46						Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	142175	Xiariduo Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Xiariduo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Chen2007tbl01-70	66	0	Cenozoic						Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong, Jamda, Tibet	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Kristen002249	41	40.5	41-40.5	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite		Cu	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00070	41.2	39.8	40.5±0.7	Re-Os		molybdenite	Y-54	Molybdenite		Mo	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong Cu deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00071	41.1	39.7	40.4±0.7	Re-Os		molybdenite	Y-56	Molybdenite		Mo	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong Cu deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00072	41.8	40.2	41±0.8	Re-Os		molybdenite	Y-57	Molybdenite		Mo	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong Cu deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00073	41.6	40.2	40.9±0.7	Re-Os		molybdenite	Y-58	Molybdenite		Mo	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong Cu deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
Mo-00074	41.9	38.3	40.1±1.8	Re-Os isochron		molybdenite	Y-54, Y-56, Y-57, Y-58	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong Cu deposit	Hou et al. (2006)	10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	MD41_33
PorphCu-00017	41.6	38.3	41.3±0.3 – 40.1±1.8						Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	5792	Yulong Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yulong	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00174	40.5	36.5	38.5±2						Bismuthinite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	142195	Zhanaga Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Zhalaga Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Jomdo Co. (Jiangda Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Zhanaga	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00172	40.7	40.7	40.7							Cu	142187	Jicuo Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Gicuo Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Markam Co. (Mangkang Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Jicuo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00165	38	38	38							Cu	142173	Mamupu Cu-Au Deposit, Markam Co. (Mangkang Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Mamupu	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00175	36	36	Himalayan							Cu	142196	Seli Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Markam Co. (Mangkang Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Seli	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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