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:
Damxung Co. (Dangxiong Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 229061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Damxung Co. (Dangxiong Co.), Lhasa, Tibet, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lawu Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Yangbajing Sulphur 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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Sulphur	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dzhalindite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Matildite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H In K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Sulphur Wollastonite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	43726	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43726	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43726	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43726	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	43726	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43726	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43726	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	43726	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43726	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	43726	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	43726	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43726	4135
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	1	43726	16
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43726	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	43726	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43726	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43726	1544
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43727	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43726	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43726	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	43726	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43726	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43726	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	43727	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	43726	767
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43726	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43726	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43726	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43726,43727	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43726	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43726	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	43726	668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	43727	2045
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43726	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	43726	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43726	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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