Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Zamtang Co. (Rangtang Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 185971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zamtang Co. (Rangtang Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dailong Au Deposit
Jinmuda Au Deposit
Nanmuda Au Deposit
Rangtang Au Deposit

Latitude: 32°23'29"N
Longitude: 101°0'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.391388888889,101.01611111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite

20 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	43631	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43633	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	43631,43632	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	43632	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43631,43632	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	43631,43632	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43631	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43631,43633	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43632	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	43631,43632,43633	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43634	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	43631,43633	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43634	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43634	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	43631,43632,43633,43634	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	43631,43632,43633,43634	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	43631,43632	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	43631,43632,43633,43634	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	43632,43633	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	43631,43632,43633,43634	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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