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:
Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

mindat Locality ID: 234244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kawlin Township
Tigyaing Township (Htigyaing Township)
Wuntho Township

Latitude: 23°41'41"N
Longitude: 95°56'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.694722222222,95.940277777778

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	86262	489
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	86259	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	86256	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	86262	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	86256,86262	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	86256,86257,86262	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	86259	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	86256	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	86256,86262	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	86256,86262	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	86256	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	86256	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	86257	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	86256,86257	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	86259	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	86262	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	86256,86257,86262	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	86256,86259,86262	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	86256,86262	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	86262	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	86256	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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