Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dagzê Co. (Dazi Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.71
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.19

mindat Locality ID: 154543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-154543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dagzê Co. (Dazi Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lakang'e Cu Deposit
Qiangdui Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 29°30'0"N
Longitude: 91°24'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.5,91.405555555556

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Garnet Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Wollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	43724	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	43724	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	13.71	13.19	1	43723	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	43724	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	43724	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	43724	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	43724	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	43724	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	43724	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	13.71	13.19	1	43723	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	13.71	13.19	1	43723	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13.71	13.19	2	43723,43724	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	43724	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43724	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	43724	1247

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-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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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