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Locality Name:
Cona Co. (Cuona Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China


mindat Locality ID: 210378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cona Co. (Cuona Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Zeri Sb Deposit
Zhaxikang Pb-Zn-Ag-Sb Deposit (Zaxikang Pb-Zn-Ag-Sb Deposit)

Latitude: 28°23'35"N
Longitude: 91°57'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.393055555556,91.951944444444

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetrahedriteZinkenite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1439412734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1439419052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21439415509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11143941843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31439411089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)243940,4394127770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O143941925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214394127198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2143941162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1439412600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1439414165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21439419895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1439418173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12143941663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14394124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1439417437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14394030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1439416890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314394114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31439415433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14143941784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41439405591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)143941581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414394114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214394112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)143941770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21439405674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4143941247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2243940,4394117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2243940,4394139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81439419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243940,4394161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1439411711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21439415614
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3143941179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1439416417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1439412473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14394121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3243940,439413418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131439415317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3143941369
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42143941228



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