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:
Sankhuwasabha District, Province No. 1, Nepal

mindat Locality ID: 217565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sankhuwasabha District, Province No. 1, Nepal": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Barabise
Gunyahang Quartz Mine (Makalu Mountain; "Milka Danda; Milke Danda")
Hanglalung
Hyakule
Phakuwa
Sawai Khola
Sonomla (Sunamla)
Swachi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Danburite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eulytine ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na O Sb Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	87043,87047	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87048	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	87043,87046	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87047	27770
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	87043	148
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	87043,87048	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87047	8173
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	1	87043	72
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1	87043	81
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	87045	741
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	87041,87043	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87043	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87043	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	87040,87041,87043,87047	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	87041	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87043	1214
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	1	87043	53

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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