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:
Kangding Pegmatite Field, Kangding Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 212
Youngest recorded age at locality: 195

mindat Locality ID: 225864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kangding Pegmatite Field, Kangding Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jiajika Mine

Latitude: 30°19'59"N
Longitude: 101°18'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.333055555556,101.31638888889

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zabuyelite ()*	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: Al Be C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Cristobalite Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Tridymite Zircon

22 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	212	195	1	43402	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	212	195	1	43402	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	212	195	1	43402	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	212	195	1	43402	1036
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	212	195	1	43402	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	212	195	1	43402	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	212	195	1	43402	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	212	195	1	43402	518
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	212	195	1	43402	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	212	195	1	43402	4135
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	212	195	1	43402	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	212	195	1	43402	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	199	195	1	43402	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	212	195	1	43402	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	212	195	1	43402	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	212	195	1	43402	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	212	195	1	43402	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	212	195	1	43402	978
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	212	195	1	43402	99
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	212	195	1	43402	939
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	212	195	1	43402	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	212	204	1	43402	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0133	199	195	199-195	Ar-Ar	Age of rock		muscovite				Muscovite			146947	Jiajika Mine, Kangding Pegmatite Field, Kangding Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Jiajika deposit	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656
	Bradley_2012_147	212	204	208±4	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			146947	Jiajika Mine, Kangding Pegmatite Field, Kangding Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Jiajika	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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