Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Laos

Oldest recorded age at locality: 53
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53

mindat Locality ID: 22622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laos": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Attapeu Province
Bokeo Province
Bolikhamxai Province
Champasak Province
Houaphanh Province
Khammouane Province
Louangphrabang Province
Luang Namtha Province
Oudomxay Province
Phongsaly Province
Sainyabuli Province
Salavan Province
Savannakhet Province
Sekong Province
Vientiane Prefecture
Vientiane Province
Xaisomboun Province
Xiangkhouang Province

Latitude: 18°37'32"N
Longitude: 103°13'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.625555555556,103.22611111111

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Boracite	Brochantite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cheralite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Th Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Boracite Brochantite Calcite Carnallite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Zircon

51 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)			1	77972	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O			1	77996	470
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	77982	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	77984	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	77996	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	77995,77996,77997	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl			1	77982	57
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	53	53	2	77994,78006	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	77996	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	77994,77995,77996	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O			1	77982	132
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	77996	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	77996	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	53	53	4	77996,77997,78002,78006	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	53	53	5	77994,77996,78002,78004,78006	27198
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂			1	77972	50
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	77996	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	77996	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	77972	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	53	53	1	78006	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	77996	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	53	53	1	78006	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	53	53	1	78006	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	78002	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	77994,77996	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	77994	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	77994	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	53	53	4	77994,77996,78004,78006	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	53	53	5	77994,77995,77996,78004,78006	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	77982	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	77982	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	53	53	1	78006	14640
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	53	53	0		154
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	77997	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	53	53	2	78002,78006	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	77996,77997	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	77994	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	53	53	2	78004,78006	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	77997	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	53	53	5	77994,77996,77997,78004,78006	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	77996	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	53	53	1	78006	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	53	53	6	77974,77985,77994,77996,78004,78006	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	77996,78004	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	53	53	5	77994,77996,78002,78004,78006	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	78004	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	77994,77995	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	77982	275
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	53	53	1	78006	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	77974	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	77972,77974	5251

1 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
	PorphCu-00208	53	53	53									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	187465	Phu Kham Cu-Au Deposit, Xaisomboun Province, Laos	Phu Kham	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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