Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhag'yab Co. (Chaya Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 230132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhag'yab Co. (Chaya Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jitang
Kagong Fe Deposit
Zhag'yab Mine

Latitude: 30°40'0"N
Longitude: 97°57'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.666666666667,97.95

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Robinsonite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None
Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43926	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	43925	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43925,43926	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	43925	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43926	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	43925,43927	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43926	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43926	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43926	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	43925	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43925,43926	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43926	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43925,43926	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	1	43925	39
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43926	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	43925,43926	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	43926	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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