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Locality Name:
Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 157207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bengnazangbu Au Deposit
Jiagangxueshan W-Mo-(Bi) Deposit
Siling Co (Siling Tso; Selin Cuo)
Xiongmei

Latitude: 31°16'57"N
Longitude: 88°54'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.2825,88.900833333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Titanite
Topaz	Tungstite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tungstite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Titanite
Topaz Tungstite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43820	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	43815	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43817	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	43815	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	43816	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	43816	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	43815	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43816,43817	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	43815	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	43815,43816,43819,43820	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	43815	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	43815	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43816	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43817	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43815	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43816	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43815,43816	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43815	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43815	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	43817	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43815	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43816	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43815,43820	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43820	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	43815,43816,43819	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	43816	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43817	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43816,43817,43820	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	43815,43816,43820	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	43815	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	43815,43816,43817,43820	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43815	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43815	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43816	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43815	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	43815	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	43815	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	43815	1476
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	43816	118
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	43815	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43815	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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