Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nepal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 875
Youngest recorded age at locality: 700

mindat Locality ID: 20766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nepal": 75
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Bagmati Zone
Bheri Zone
Dhaulagiri Zone
Gandaki Pradesh
Gandaki Zone
Janakpur Zone
Karnali Pradesh
Karnali Zone
Kosi Zone
Lumbini Zone
Mahakali Zone
Mechi Zone
Narayani Zone
Province No. 1
Province No. 2
Province No. 3
Province No. 5
Rapti Zone
Sagarmatha Zone
Seti Zone
Sudurpashchim Pradesh

Latitude: 28°3'17"N
Longitude: 84°44'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.054722222222,84.746944444444

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	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite
Titanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*
Danburite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Eulytine ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hambergite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
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: Ag Al Au B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite
Titanite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

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	875	700	2	87062,87063	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	875	700	7	87043,87047,87052,87053,87062,87063,87068	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	87017,87018,87048	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	875	700	1	87063	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			6	87016,87024,87043,87046,87052,87053	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	87014	1935
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	875	700	5	87012,87047,87051,87064,87066	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	87052	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	875	700	2	87014,87067	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	875	700	1	87062	1756
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	87052	289
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	87053	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	875	700	2	87064,87066	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	87014	802
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			2	87043,87053	148
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	875	700	4	87011,87064,87066,87067	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	875	700	4	87015,87024,87026,87063	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			3	87018,87043,87048	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	87016,87047	8173
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃			1	87043	72
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	87007	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	875	785	1	87067	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	87038	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	875	700	1	87066	2812
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			2	87043,87053	81
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	87045	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	87014	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	87014	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	875	700	9	87020,87024,87025,87028,87041,87043,87053,87064,87068	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	87055,87070	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	87014	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	87043,87053	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	875	700	6	87017,87018,87043,87051,87052,87064	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	875	700	1	87063	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	875	700	6	87012,87014,87038,87051,87064,87067	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	875	700	17	87012,87014,87015,87016,87024,87040,87041,87043,87047,87051,87052,87053,87062,87063,87065,87068,87071	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	875	700	5	87014,87052,87063,87064,87065	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			3	87017,87018,87053	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	875	700	2	87063,87068	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	87041,87058	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	87043	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	875	700	2	87064,87067	21482
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄			1	87043	53
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	875	700	3	87061,87064,87070	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	87014	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	875	700	2	87063,87064	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	87051	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
CJES19_1670_0001	875	785	830 ± 45	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	192543	Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	Ganesh Himal deposit	Ghosh (2005)	CJES19_1670
sedexmvt-00189	875	785	875-785 Ma (Pb-Pb on galena)	Pb-Pb on galena				192543	Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	Ganesh Himal	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00344	700	700	Neoproterozoic?					192543	Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	Ganesh Himal	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100142	Nepal	https://rruff.info/R100142
R050059	Nepal	https://rruff.info/R050059
R060458	Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	https://rruff.info/R060458

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