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Locality Name:
Ngamring Co. (Angren Co.), Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25.71
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.89

mindat Locality ID: 157166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ngamring Co. (Angren Co.), Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Longgen Pb-Zn Deposit
Targejia Cs Deposit (Dagejia Cs Deposit; Tagejia Cs Deposit)
Xialong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Zhunuo Cu-Mo-(Au) Deposit

Latitude: 29°51'46"N
Longitude: 86°51'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.862777777778,86.862777777778

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44003	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	44003	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25.71	24.89	1	44006	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	44004,44005	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25.71	24.89	3	44003,44005,44006	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25.71	24.89	1	44006	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	44003	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25.71	24.89	1	44006	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	44003	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	44003,44005	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44005	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25.71	24.89	2	44003,44006	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25.71	24.89	1	44006	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25.71	24.89	3	44003,44005,44006	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	44004	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25.71	24.89	3	44003,44005,44006	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25.71	24.89	3	44003,44005,44006	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	44003,44005	21482

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-00190	25.71	24.89	25.62±0.09 – 25.03±0.14 (Re-Os)									Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	142703	Zhunuo Cu-Mo-(Au) Deposit, Ngamring Co. (Angren Co.), Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China	Zhunuo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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