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:
Riwoqê Co. (Leiwuqi Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 229317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riwoqê Co. (Leiwuqi Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Majunnong Prospect
Saibeinong Sn Deposit
Yueqiongnong Sn Occurrence

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile

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 Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43922	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43922	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43922	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	43921,43922	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43922	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43922	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43922	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43922	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43922	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43921,43922	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43922	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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