Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gyêgu Co. (Yushu Co.), Gyêgu Autonomous Prefecture (Yushu Autonomous Prefecture), Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 186887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gyêgu Co. (Yushu Co.), Gyêgu Autonomous Prefecture (Yushu Autonomous Prefecture), Qinghai, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Galonggema Cu-polymetallic Deposit
Lurige Cu-(Mo) Deposit
Zhaokalong Fe-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 32°37'59"N
Longitude: 97°20'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.633055555556,97.349722222222

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.

Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ingodite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Lillianite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

30 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	42257	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	42257	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	42255	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	42255,42257	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	42256	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42257	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	42255,42257	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	42255	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	42255,42256,42257	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	42255	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	42257	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	42255,42257	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	42255,42257	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	42257	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	42255	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42257	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	42257	5433
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	1	42256	30
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	42256	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42257	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42255	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	42256	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	42255,42257	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	42255,42256,42257	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42255,42257	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	42257	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	42257	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	42255,42257	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	42256	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	42255,42257	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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