Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gêrzê Co. (Gaize Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 155999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gêrzê Co. (Gaize Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Cam Co (Cam Tso; Cangmu Cuo)
Chagbo Co (Chagbo Tso; Chabo Cuo)
Dacha Au Deposit
Dong Co (Dong Tso; Tontso)
Dong Lake Ophiolite (Dong Co Ophiolite; Tontso Ophiolite)
Duolong Ore Field
Gangmacuo
Gomo Co (Gomo Caka; Gomo Tso; Gemu Cuo; Gemu Chaka)
Jakar Co (Jakar Tso; Xiaga Cuo)
Jibu Caka (Jibu Chaka)
Lagkor Co (Lagkor Tso; Laguo Cuo)
Pianshishan
Tiegeshan Au Deposit
Wuma Co (Wuma Tso; Wuma Cuo)

Latitude: 32°41'32"N
Longitude: 84°6'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.692222222222,84.116388888889

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	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: Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite
Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Borax ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kurnakovite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	43855	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	43851,43853,43855	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	43861	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	43861	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	43851	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43848,43850	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	43851	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	43849,43855,43868	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	43849,43861	11547
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	43850	76
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	43855,43861	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	43848,43849,43850,43855,43868	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43855	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	43849,43853,43855,43861,43868	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	43861	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	43855	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43861	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	43855	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43861	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	43861	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43851	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	43849,43850,43868	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	43861	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	43851	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	43849,43853,43855,43862,43868	8173
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43862	26
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43861	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	43851	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43849,43861	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	43861	38
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	43862,43867	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	43849,43855,43868	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	43861	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	43855,43863	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	43848,43850,43863	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	43849,43855,43861	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	43848,43853,43855,43861	5591
Kurnakovite ()*	None	MgB₃O₃(OH)₅·5H₂O	1	43865	15
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	43849,43853,43855,43861	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	43849,43855,43861,43868	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	2	43850,43863	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	43853,43855,43861	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43848	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	43848,43849,43850,43853,43855,43861,43864,43867,43868,43869	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	43867	229
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	43849,43853,43855,43861,43868	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43861	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43868	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	43849,43850,43853,43855,43861,43867,43868	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	43849,43855,43861,43867	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43849	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43849	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43851	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	43861	73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	43849	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	43861	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	43867	4899
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	43866	160
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43855	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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