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Locality Name:
Burang Co. (Purang Co.; Pulan Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China


mindat Locality ID: 157161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burang Co. (Purang Co.; Pulan Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Burang Ophiolite
Mayum Au Deposit (Mayoum Au Deposit; Mayoumu Au Deposit)

Latitude: 30°38'29"N
Longitude: 81°38'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.641388888889,81.645555555556
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiamondDiasporeMicaMillerite
NonePentlanditePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diamond  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11143825843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14382527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1438245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2243824,4382527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41438233902
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1438254165
Diamond  (*)DiamondC143823697
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14382524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1438257437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14382530554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14143825784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61438252228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4243824,4382514899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1438241066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214382517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81438241512
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]143825716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214382539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214382561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1438255186
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41438241934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31438253418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131438255317


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