Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nixiong Fe-Cu Ore Field (Nyixung Fe-Cu Ore Field), Coqên Co. (Cuoqin Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 224587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nixiong Fe-Cu Ore Field (Nyixung Fe-Cu Ore Field), Coqên Co. (Cuoqin Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gunjiu Fe Deposit
Muzhiding Fe Deposit (Nixiong Fe Deposit; Nyixung Fe Deposit)
Ri'a Cu Deposit

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.

Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

33 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	43829,43831	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	43830,43831	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	43830,43831	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43831	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43831	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	43830	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43830,43831	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43831	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	43830,43831	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	43831	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	43830	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43831	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	43829,43830,43831	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43829,43831	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43830	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	43830,43831	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	43830	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	43829,43830,43831	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	43831	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43830	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43829	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	43829,43830,43831	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43831	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43829,43830,43831	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	43829,43830,43831	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43830,43831	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43829,43830,43831	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43830	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43831	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43830	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	43830	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	43829,43830,43831	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	43829	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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