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Locality Name:
Bengnazangbu Au Deposit, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 229034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bengnazangbu Au Deposit, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Baryte	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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