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Locality Name:
Lhünzhub Co. (Linzhou Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China


mindat Locality ID: 157168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157168.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Jialapu Fe Deposit
Jialong Fe Deposit
Leqingla Fe-Pb-Zn Deposit
Luobadui Pb-Zn-polymetallic Deposit
Sadang Au-Ag Deposit
Senbugunba Au Deposit
Xingaguo Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 29°56'22"N
Longitude: 91°1'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.939444444444,91.018333333333
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelWollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)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)2343729,43730,437313419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)243730,437318803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31437311534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)343729,43731,4373227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2543729,43731,43732,43733,4373527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS243732,437354165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6443729,43730,43731,437324135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)443729,43730,43731,437328173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS443731,43732,43733,4373524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu243733,4373430554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31437291544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314373114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4343729,43730,4373114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2243732,4373512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2243731,4373317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2543729,43731,43732,43733,4373539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81437299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2543729,43730,43731,43732,4373461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1437335186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS443731,43732,43733,4373521482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2243731,437322562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31437291247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)243731,437321025


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