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:
Rutog Co. (Ritu Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 205821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rutog Co. (Ritu Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
A'ong Co (A'ong Tso; Aweng Cuo)
Bangong Lake Ophiolite (Bangong Co Ophiolite)
Caima Fe Deposit
Fuye Fe Deposit
Jieze Caka (Jieze Chaka)

Latitude: 33°21'44"N
Longitude: 81°13'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.362222222222,81.228888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Ilvaite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Borax ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Ilvaite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Vesuvianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	2	43873,43874	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43874	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	43873	1310
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	43875	76
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	43874	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	43872,43873,43874	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43874	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	43873,43874	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43873,43874	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43874	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43874	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	43873,43874	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	43873	197
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	43874	581
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	43871,43872	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	43872,43873,43874	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43874	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	43873	770
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	43875	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43871,43872,43874	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	43872	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43874	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43874	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	43873	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43874	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43872,43873,43874	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43872	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43874	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43872	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43872	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	43874	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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