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Locality Name:
Lhasa, Tibet, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 143775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lhasa, Tibet, China": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Chengguan District
Dagzê Co. (Dazi Co.)
Damxung Co. (Dangxiong Co.)
Lhünzhub Co. (Linzhou Co.)
Maizhokunggar Co. (Mozhugongka Co.)
Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.)
Qüxü Co. (Qushui Co.)

Latitude: 29°38'0"N
Longitude: 91°2'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.633333333333,91.046944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite
Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Angelellite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dzhalindite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	16.16	14.2	2	43726,43739	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	16.16	14.2	7	43721,43729,43730,43731,43739,43746,43759	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	16.16	14.2	1	43739	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	9	43720,43726,43730,43731,43737,43739,43743,43744,43746	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	16.16	14.2	3	43739,43743,43759	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	16.16	14.2	6	43724,43726,43731,43739,43740,43746	1534
Angelellite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₄O₃(AsO₄)₂			1	43743	2
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	16.16	14.2	1	43739	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	3	43739,43744,43749	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	1	43744	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	16.16	14.2	4	43726,43739,43743,43746	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	9	43721,43738,43739,43741,43744,43748,43749,43751,43753	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	43726	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	43743	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	16	43723,43724,43726,43737,43738,43739,43740,43741,43742,43744,43746,43748,43749,43751,43753,43758	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	15	43721,43724,43726,43729,43731,43732,43737,43738,43739,43740,43741,43743,43744,43746,43751	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	43726	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	16.16	14.2	1	43739	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	10	43723,43738,43739,43740,43743,43744,43746,43748,43749,43753	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	24	43721,43723,43724,43726,43729,43731,43732,43733,43735,43737,43738,43739,43740,43741,43742,43743,43744,43746,43748,43749,43750,43751,43753,43758	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	16.16	14.2	1	43739	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	43726	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	16.16	14.2	1	43739	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	43726,43743	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	43759	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	11	43723,43724,43732,43735,43739,43742,43744,43749,43751,43753,43758	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	16.16	14.2	1	43739	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	16.16	14.2	1	43739	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	16.16	14.2	12	43721,43724,43726,43729,43730,43731,43732,43737,43738,43739,43740,43746	4135
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃			1	43726	16
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	19	43721,43724,43726,43729,43730,43731,43732,43737,43738,43739,43740,43741,43744,43746,43749,43750,43753,43757,43759	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	43726	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	23	5.3	3	43739,43744,43749	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	16	43724,43726,43731,43732,43733,43735,43737,43738,43739,43742,43743,43744,43746,43749,43751,43753	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	16.16	14.2	1	43739	18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15.8	15.2	2	43738,43753	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16.16	13.38	7	43733,43734,43739,43743,43748,43749,43751	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	43743	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	16.16	14.2	6	43724,43726,43729,43737,43739,43740	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	4	43737,43739,43744,43751	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16.16	14.2	7	43721,43724,43731,43739,43740,43746,43753	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	43759	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	16.16	14.2	1	43739	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	14.15	13.38	2	43749,43759	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	43743	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	8	43724,43727,43741,43743,43744,43748,43753,43759	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	16	43721,43723,43726,43729,43730,43731,43737,43739,43740,43741,43744,43746,43748,43749,43753,43759	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	18	43721,43723,43724,43726,43732,43735,43737,43738,43739,43740,43741,43742,43744,43748,43749,43751,43753,43758	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	43726	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43726	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	16	43720,43723,43724,43737,43738,43739,43741,43744,43746,43748,43749,43750,43751,43753,43757,43758	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	23	5.3	6	43723,43744,43749,43751,43753,43758	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	20	43723,43724,43726,43731,43733,43737,43738,43739,43741,43743,43744,43746,43748,43749,43750,43751,43753,43757,43758,43759	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	43727	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	16.16	14.2	1	43739	511
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	43726	767
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	43726	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	24	43723,43724,43726,43729,43731,43732,43733,43735,43737,43738,43739,43740,43741,43743,43744,43746,43748,43749,43750,43751,43753,43757,43758,43759	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	16.16	14.2	7	43726,43729,43737,43738,43739,43740,43746	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	24	43720,43723,43724,43726,43727,43729,43730,43731,43732,43734,43737,43738,43739,43741,43743,43744,43746,43748,43749,43750,43751,43753,43757,43759	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	16.16	14.2	2	43739,43743	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	5.3	2	43743,43744	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	16.16	14.2	1	43739	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	43759	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	16.16	14.2	4	43726,43733,43739,43743	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	17	43724,43726,43731,43732,43733,43735,43737,43738,43739,43742,43743,43744,43746,43749,43751,43753,43758	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	43726	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	43743	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	43727	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	16.16	14.2	2	43721,43739	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	14.15	13.38	1	43749	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	16.16	14.2	1	43739	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	16.16	13.38	4	43737,43739,43740,43749	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	14.15	13.38	3	43746,43749,43759	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	16.16	14.2	6	43724,43726,43731,43732,43739,43746	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	43759	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	43721,43746	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	16.16	14.2	1	43739	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	16.16	14.2	7	43724,43726,43729,43739,43740,43746,43759	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	43743,43746,43759	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	43726,43731,43732,43737	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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 ID
PorphCu-00164	13.71	13.19	13.45±0.26		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	142172	Lakang'e Cu Deposit, Dagzê Co. (Dazi Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China	Lakang’e	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00158	16.16	14.2	15.18±0.98	Re-Os	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	134576	Jiama Cu-polymetallic Deposit (Gyama Cu-polymetallic Deposit; Jiamachikang Cu-polymetallic Deposit), Maizhokunggar Co. (Mozhugongka Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China	Jiama	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
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
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
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
PorphCu-00173	14.89	14.45	14.67±0.22	Re-Os	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	142189	Nanmu Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Qüxü Co. (Qushui Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China	Nanmu	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

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