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Locality Name:
Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 141.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 127.5

mindat Locality ID: 155913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Comai Co. (Cuomei Co.)
Cona Co. (Cuona Co.)
Gyaca Co. (Jiacha Co.)
Lhozhag Co. (Luozha Co.)
Lhünzê Co. (Longzi Co.)
Nagarzê Co. (Langkazi Co.; Langkamu Co.)
Nêdong Co. (Naidong Co.; Zedang Co.)
Qonggyai Co. (Qiongjie Co.)
Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.)
Sangri Co.
Zhanang Co.

Latitude: 28°50'46"N
Longitude: 91°41'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.846111111111,91.690277777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenoliteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteBismutiteBournoniteBowieiteBrownleeiteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiamondDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIronKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMeliliteMicaMilleriteMiniumModderiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutterudite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTungstiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite
ZinkeniteZircon

139 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aluminium  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)Borax  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chromium  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coesite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diamond  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iridarsenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kashinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lead  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Lime  (*)Linzhiite  (*)Litharge  (*)Luobusaite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)Moissanite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naquite  (*)Nickel  (*)
Osbornite  (*)Osmium  (*)Palladium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polkanovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Qingsongite  (*)Quartz  (*)Qusongite  (*)Rambergite  (*)Rhodium  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Ruthenarsenite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silicon  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)
Titanium  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tungsten  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wüstite  (*)Yarlongite  (*)Zangboite  (*)Zinc  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2643961,43963,43965,43984,43987,439913419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS141.4127.5143972312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)643933,43964,43965,43984,43987,439918803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3141.4127.51439722353
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl141.4127.514397227
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3643961,43963,43965,43984,43987,439911534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1439412734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1439871588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2243943,439873092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS141.4127.5843932,43933,43937,43938,43941,43947,43951,439729052
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe141.4127.5143972166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2443941,43961,43987,439915509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14393411547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)143991716
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O14395576
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4843961,43963,43964,43965,43983,43984,43987,439915516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11143941843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31439411089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)141.4127.52943932,43933,43934,43935,43936,43937,43938,43940,43941,43945,43947,43948,43950,43951,43952,43953,43954,43961,43963,43964,43965,43969,43970,43972,43978,43983,43984,43987,4399127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2141.4127.5243952,439745171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)141.4127.51439721252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O143941925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S443983,43984,43987,439915707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21243933,43941,43943,43952,43961,43963,43964,43965,43983,43984,43987,4399127198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2143941162
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4141.4127.5343972,43973,439773902
Chromium  (*)IronCr141.4127.514397226
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS643932,43933,43934,43937,43941,439452600
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO2141.4127.5243972,4397677
Copper  (*)CopperCu141.4127.5243972,439913846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3141.4127.5343972,43973,439741797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS443941,43963,43965,439674165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O343983,43987,439912970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC141.4127.5343972,43973,43974697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1439671027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6141.4127.5743961,43963,43965,43972,43984,43987,439914135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2141.4127.5343941,43953,439729895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6141.4127.5143972944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1043933,43941,43961,43963,43964,43965,43983,43984,43987,439918173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2141.4127.5243967,43972110
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21439639617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)141.4127.51439721188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12143941663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS141.4127.5543941,43943,43972,43974,4399124243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7141.4127.5143972114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)243941,439527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu141.4127.51443933,43936,43938,43940,43943,43947,43948,43952,43954,43972,43978,43984,43987,4399130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC141.4127.51439722812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3243963,439831544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1439416890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2141.4127.5243967,43972205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6543961,43965,43984,43987,43991741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3141.4127.5543941,43952,43963,43972,4398414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te143991804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3141.4127.5243941,439745433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS143967154
Iridarsenite  (*)NoneIrAs2141.4127.514397213
Iridium  (*)CopperIr141.4127.5143972162
Iron  (*)IronFe141.4127.5443967,43972,43973,439741089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14143941784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4343940,43964,439875591
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3141.4127.514397229
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4141.4127.5343972,43973,439761507
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2141.4127.5243967,43972226
Lead  (*)CopperPb141.4127.5143972192
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)243941,43952581
Lime  (*)RocksaltCaO141.4127.514397211
Linzhiite  (*)NoneFeSi2141.4127.51439727
Litharge  (*)NonePbO141.4127.5143972139
Luobusaite  (*)NoneFe0.84Si2141.4127.5243972,439761
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)141.4127.5143972451
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2143963238
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4141.4127.5243967,43972311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4141.4127.5843941,43961,43963,43972,43974,43983,43984,4398714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2843941,43961,43963,43965,43983,43984,43987,4399112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)143941770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2243933,439405674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS141.4127.5243967,439721066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4143941247
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC141.4127.5343972,43973,4397457
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2141.4127.5643961,43963,43964,43972,43984,439875800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1439641508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2141.4127.52243933,43935,43938,43940,43941,43943,43947,43951,43952,43954,43961,43963,43964,43965,43969,43970,43972,43978,43983,43984,43987,4399117380
Naquite  (*)BrownleeiteFeSi141.4127.51439728
Nickel  (*)CopperNi141.4127.514397257
Osbornite  (*)RocksaltTiN141.4127.514397620
Osmium  (*)NoneOs141.4127.5243967,43972169
Palladium  (*)CopperPd141.4127.514397259
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8141.4127.5243972,439741512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO141.4127.5243972,43974114
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2143991409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2141.4127.51439722273
Polkanovite  (*)NoneRh12As7141.4127.51439724
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2141.4127.52943932,43933,43934,43935,43936,43937,43938,43940,43941,43943,43945,43947,43948,43951,43952,43954,43961,43963,43964,43965,43969,43970,43972,43974,43978,43983,43984,43987,4399139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8141.4127.5543941,43943,43963,43965,439729056
Qingsongite  (*)SphaleriteBN141.4127.51439761
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22743932,43933,43934,43935,43936,43937,43938,43940,43941,43943,43945,43947,43948,43951,43952,43954,43961,43963,43964,43965,43969,43970,43978,43983,43984,43987,4399161156
Qusongite  (*)NoneWC141.4127.5243972,439763
Rambergite  (*)WurtziteMnS141.4127.51439726
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh141.4127.514397217
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1439411711
Ruthenarsenite  (*)Modderite(Ru,Ni)As141.4127.51439729
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu141.4127.514397246
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2141.4127.5443941,43972,43973,439745614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)443963,43964,43984,439874894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3143941179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)243941,439526417
Silicon  (*)DiamondSi141.4127.5343972,43974,4397621
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5141.4127.51439721516
Silver  (*)CopperAg141.4127.51439725186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3141.4127.5143972531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1439412473
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2141.4127.5143972337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS141.4127.5743941,43943,43961,43963,43972,43974,4399121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4141.4127.51439721934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31443932,43933,43934,43935,43936,43937,43938,43940,43941,43945,43948,43951,43969,439703418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131439521803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13141.4127.51043941,43952,43961,43963,43965,43974,43983,43984,43987,439915317
Tin  (*)NoneSn141.4127.514397263
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O141.4127.6243972,439874899
Titanium  (*)NoneTi141.4127.5343972,43973,439768
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2643961,43963,43965,43984,43987,439912562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS141.4127.51439721044
Tungsten  (*)IronW141.4127.514397223
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O143963118
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21439872718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3141.4127.5143972212
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3143941369
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10643961,43963,43965,43984,43987,439911395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3343963,43984,43991297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3141.4127.5743961,43963,43965,43972,43984,43987,439911247
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO141.4127.5243972,4397474
Yarlongite  (*)None(Cr4Fe4Ni)C4141.4127.5243972,439761
Zangboite  (*)NoneTiFeSi2141.4127.51439762
Zinc  (*)NoneZn141.4127.514397252
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO141.4127.514397298
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42143941228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)132.2127.5343972,43973,439875251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1439521025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_363Gabbroic dyke cutting serpentinites of the Luobusa Ophiolite of the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone.
Michelle_364Amphibolite of the Luobusa Ophiolite of the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone.
Michelle_365Amphibolite of the Luobusa Ophiolite of the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone.
Michelle_366Amphibolite of the Luobusa Ophiolite of the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone.
Michelle_367Amphibolite of the Luobusa Ophiolite of the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone.
Michelle_368Luobosa mafic rocks of the Luobusa Ophiolite of the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone.


6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_363129.3127.5128.4±0.9U-PbAge of ophiolitezircon13LBS08  Zircon  5457Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, ChinaLuobusa OphioliteZhang et al. (2016)10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.031L245_93Age of gabbroic dykes cutting serpentinite.
Michelle_364132.2129.8131.0±1.2U-PbAge of ophiolitezircon12FW174  Zircon  5457Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, ChinaLuobusa OphioliteZhang et al. (2016)10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.031L245_93Age of amphibolite
Michelle_365141.4127.6134.5±6.9U-PbAge of ophiolitetitanite12FW170  Titanite  5457Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, ChinaLuobusa OphioliteZhang et al. (2016)10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.031L245_93Age of amphibolite
Michelle_366135.5128.5132.0±3.5U-PbAge of ophiolitetitanite12FW171  Titanite  5457Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, ChinaLuobusa OphioliteZhang et al. (2016)10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.031L245_93Age of amphibolite
Michelle_367137.3130.9134.1±3.2U-PbAge of ophiolitetitanite12FW174  Titanite  5457Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, ChinaLuobusa OphioliteZhang et al. (2016)10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.031L245_93Age of amphibolite
Michelle_368130130130Sr-Nd-HfAge of ophiolite 12FW89, 12FW90, 12FW93, 12FW169, 12FW181, 12FW170,    5457Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, ChinaLuobusa OphioliteZhang et al. (2016)10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.031L245_93Age of Luobusa mafic rocks


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