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Locality Name:
Nagarzê Co. (Langkazi Co.; Langkamu Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China


mindat Locality ID: 189117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nagarzê Co. (Langkazi Co.; Langkamu Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Kongmu Co (Kongmu Tso; Kongmu Cuo)
Luren Sb Occurrence
Nagarzê Au Deposit (Langkazi Au Deposit)
Puma Yumco (Puma Yumtso; Pumo Yongcuo)
Shengna Au Deposit
Yamdrok Yumco (Yamdrok Yumtso; Yangzhuo Yongcuo)

Latitude: 28°52'6"N
Longitude: 90°28'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.868333333333,90.469166666667

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: Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteLepidocrociteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRutileStibniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Borax  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1439519052
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O14395576
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)543950,43951,43952,43953,4395427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21439525171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214395227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21439539895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1439527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu243952,4395430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314395214640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)143952581
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2343951,43952,4395417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2343951,43952,4395439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2343951,43952,4395461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1439526417
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31439513418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131439521803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131439525317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1439521025



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