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Locality Name:
Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.38

mindat Locality ID: 154544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-154544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nyêmo Co. (Nimu Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bairong Cu-Mo Deposit
Chongjiang Cu-(Mo-Au) Deposit
Dubu Cu-Mo Deposit
Gangjiang Cu-Mo Deposit
Ronggangmeng Cu-Mo Deposit
Tinggong Cu-Mo Deposit (Tingguan Cu-Mo Deposit)
Zongxun Cu Deposit

Latitude: 29°31'3"N
Longitude: 89°59'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.5175,89.993333333333

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

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	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:

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

27 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14.15	13.38	1	43749	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	15.8	13.38	4	43748,43749,43751,43753	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	15.8	13.38	4	43748,43749,43751,43753	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	43751	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	15.8	13.38	3	43748,43749,43753	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15.8	13.38	5	43748,43749,43750,43751,43753	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	15.8	13.38	3	43749,43751,43753	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	15.8	13.38	3	43749,43750,43753	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	14.15	13.38	1	43749	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.8	13.38	3	43749,43751,43753	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15.8	15.2	1	43753	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14.15	13.38	3	43748,43749,43751	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	43751	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15.8	15.2	1	43753	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	14.15	13.38	1	43749	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.8	15.2	2	43748,43753	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15.8	13.38	3	43748,43749,43753	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	15.8	13.38	4	43748,43749,43751,43753	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	15.8	13.38	5	43748,43749,43750,43751,43753	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	15.8	13.38	3	43749,43751,43753	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15.8	13.38	5	43748,43749,43750,43751,43753	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.8	13.38	5	43748,43749,43750,43751,43753	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.8	13.38	5	43748,43749,43750,43751,43753	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.8	13.38	3	43749,43751,43753	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	14.15	13.38	1	43749	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	14.15	13.38	1	43749	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	14.15	13.38	1	43749	4899

2 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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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