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Locality Name:
Thailand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 251
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 18746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thailand": 184
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 135

Number of Child Localities: 76
Child Localities:
Amnat Charoen Province
Ang Thong Province
Bangkok Metropolis
Bueng Kan Province
Buri Ram Province
Chachoengsao Province
Chai Nat Province
Chanthaburi Province
Chiang Mai Province
Chiang Rai Province
Chon Buri Province
Chumphon Province
Kalasin Province
Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kanchanaburi Province
Khon Kaen Province (Kon Kain Province)
Krabi Province
Lampang Province
Lamphun Province
Loei Province
Lop Buri Province
Mae Hong Son Province
Maha Sarakham Province
Mukdahan Province
Nakhon Nayok Province
Nakhon Pathom Province
Nakhon Phanom Province
Nakhon Ratchasima Province (Khorat Province)
Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
Nan Province
Narathiwat Province
Nong Bua Lam Phu Province
Nong Khai Province
Nonthaburi Province
Pathum Thani Province (Prathum Thani Province)
Pattani Province
Phangnga Province
Phatthalung Province
Phayao Province
Phetchabun Province
Phetchaburi Province
Phichit Province
Phitsanulok Province
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province
Phrae Province
Phuket Province
Prachin Buri Province
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Ranong Province
Ratchaburi Province
Rayong Province
Roi Et Province
Sa Kaeo Province
Sakon Nakhon Province
Samut Prakan Province
Samut Sakhon Province
Samut Songkhram Province
Saraburi Province
Satun Province
Si Sa Ket Province
Sing Buri Province
Songkhla Province
Sukhothai Province
Suphan Buri Province
Surat Thani Province
Surin Province
Tak Province
Trang Province
Trat Province
Ubon Ratchathani Province
Udon Thani Province
Uthai Thani Province
Uttaradit Province
Yala Province
Yasothon Province

Latitude: 14°30'51"N
Longitude: 100°8'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.514166666667,100.14361111111

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl
Brannerite	Calcite	Carminite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	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 As Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl
Brannerite Calcite Carminite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Iron Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrochlore
Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

109 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cochromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Malayaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Philipsbornite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robertsite ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tachyhydrite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstibite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	251	201.6	2	115935,116043	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	115891,115975,115984,115997,115998	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	115975,115997,115998	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	115972	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	251	201.6	3	115908,115935,116043	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	116039	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	251	201.6	2	115915,115935	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	220	220	4	115899,115970,115971,116019	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	220	220	13	115877,115899,115912,115927,115970,115971,116015,116019,116039,116040,116041,116042,116043	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	115905,115968	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			4	115891,115977,115998,116022	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	251	201.6	2	115935,115954	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	115975	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	251	201.6	18	115867,115886,115899,115903,115905,115906,115910,115915,115935,115954,115963,115970,115971,116019,116026,116041,116042,116043	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	116040	178
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O			1	115915	132
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			22	115878,115912,115913,115927,115939,115941,115947,115975,115977,115981,115983,115984,115986,115997,115998,116015,116020,116039,116040,116041,116042,116043	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	116039,116040	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂			1	116040	27
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	230	230	3	115877,115906,115909	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	251	201.6	18	115877,115899,115905,115906,115907,115908,115909,115912,115915,115935,115954,115970,115971,115977,116019,116020,116041,116043	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	116043	1025
Cochromite ()*	Spinel	CoCr₂O₄			1	115885	4
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	115998	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			8	115871,115872,115886,115969,116028,116030,116031,116032	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	251	201.6	3	115906,115935,115977	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	116043	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	115906	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	251	201.6	3	115886,115935,116043	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	220	220	6	115899,115903,115915,115970,115971,116019	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	115996,115997	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	115886	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	251	201.6	5	115906,115908,115935,115954,116043	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			3	115925,115970,115998	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	220	220	16	115874,115877,115891,115899,115902,115941,115970,115971,115973,115975,115977,115981,116015,116019,116020,116043	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	115886	1188
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄			1	115886	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			10	115877,115905,115906,115912,115915,115954,116020,116039,116041,116042	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	251	201.6	2	115935,115968	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	251	201.6	12	115906,115908,115909,115910,115932,115935,115954,115963,115965,115991,115993,115999	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	251	201.6	1	115935	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	115915	1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	116043	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	251	201.6	5	115905,115906,115935,116041,116043	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	115905,116026	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	115889	407
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)			1	115970	57
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	115903	367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	116026	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			16	115871,115886,115941,115946,115973,115974,115975,115976,115977,115983,115984,115986,115998,116030,116031,116032	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	115951	1089
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			3	115977,115984,115998	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	251	201.6	10	115899,115907,115909,115935,115970,115971,115983,115984,115986,116019	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	115954,115963	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	251	201.6	9	115886,115907,115909,115935,115976,116030,116031,116032,116043	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	251	201.6	2	115935,116043	12537
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)			1	116043	40
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	251	201.6	6	115899,115925,115935,115970,115971,116019	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	115891,115941,115984	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	116040	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	251	201.6	5	115891,115912,115935,115954,116015	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	251	201.6	24	115891,115903,115905,115906,115907,115909,115913,115925,115935,115939,115941,115946,115947,115954,115963,115973,115977,115981,115983,115984,115986,115995,115998,116042	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	115886	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	115922	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	115997	2349
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	116040	51
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	115886	2273
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂			1	116040	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	251	201.6	23	115877,115891,115896,115899,115905,115906,115907,115908,115909,115912,115915,115925,115927,115935,115954,115970,115971,115977,116019,116039,116041,116042,116043	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	115883	1725
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	251	150	0		341
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀			1	115908	38
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			5	115877,115891,115908,115954,116041	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	220	39	115871,115877,115891,115899,115903,115906,115908,115910,115912,115913,115922,115925,115926,115927,115932,115939,115941,115947,115954,115963,115970,115971,115975,115977,115981,115983,115984,115986,115993,115996,115997,115998,116015,116019,116020,116040,116041,116042,116043	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	115903	36
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			7	115941,115975,115977,115983,115984,115986,115998	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	115975	353
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	115886	598
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			1	115886	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			8	115877,115878,115891,115912,115913,115970,115998,116041	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	115996,115997	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	115927	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	116040	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	220	220	4	115899,115970,115971,116019	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	115905,116026	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			4	115891,115975,115997,115998	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	251	201.6	11	115899,115905,115906,115912,115935,115954,115970,115971,116019,116041,116043	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			7	115885,115886,115889,115890,116030,116031,116032	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	115977	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	115886	978
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			3	115970,115971,115990	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	220	220	9	115874,115899,115902,115925,115926,115970,115971,115990,116019	3418
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	115977	156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	115915	275
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O			1	115915	16
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	115951	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	115954	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	115975	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			6	115941,115954,115973,115974,115976,115977	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			7	115871,115941,115975,115977,115981,115984,116020	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	116020	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	251	201.6	1	115935	2562
Tungstibite ()*	None	Sb₂WO₆			1	115970	3
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	115971	369
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	116043	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	116043	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			3	115983,115984,115986	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			18	115871,115883,115886,115913,115941,115946,115973,115974,115975,115976,115977,115983,115984,115986,116028,116030,116031,116032	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	116042	1025

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
sedcu-00635	220	220	Triassic		Cu	208262	Lampang Province, Thailand	Lampang	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
PorphCu-00579	230	230	230	Chalcopyrite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	208267	Phu Hin Lek Fai Prospect, Loei Province, Thailand	Phu Hin Lek Fai	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00578	230	230	230	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	208266	Phu Thong Daeng Prospect, Loei Province, Thailand	Phu Thong Daeng	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
sedcu-00634	150	150	Jurassic		Cu	220429	Nan Province, Thailand	Nan	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
PorphCu-00580	251	201.6	Triassic?	Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Goethite, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	208268	Phu Lon Prospect (Phu Lon Deposit), Nong Khai Province, Thailand	Phu Lon	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050179	Chanthaburi Province, Thailand	https://rruff.info/X050179
R070013	Bo Phloi, Bo Phloi District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand	https://rruff.info/R070013
R120116	Bo Phloi, Bo Phloi District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand	https://rruff.info/R120116
R070065	Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province, Thailand	https://rruff.info/R070065

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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