Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gongbo'gyamda Co. (Gongbujiangda Co.), Nyingtri Prefecture (Linzhi Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 224779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gongbo'gyamda Co. (Gongbujiangda Co.), Nyingtri Prefecture (Linzhi Prefecture), Tibet, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chuibaizi Cu Deposit
Sharang Mo Deposit
Tangbula Mo-(Cu) Deposit
Xiamari Cu Deposit
Yaguila Pb-Zn-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 30°12'26"N
Longitude: 92°42'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.207222222222,92.706388888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz

26 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)	1	43885	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	43882	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43885	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43885	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43883	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43885	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43882,43883,43885	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43883	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43885	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	43882,43883,43885	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43882	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43882,43885	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43882	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43882	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43882,43885	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43883	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	43882,43883,43885	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43882	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43882,43883,43885	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	43882,43883,43885	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	43882,43885	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43882,43883,43885	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43882	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	43882,43885	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	43882	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43885	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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