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Locality Name:
Kelu-Chongmuda Cu-Au Belt, Nêdong Co. (Naidong Co.; Zedang Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 234535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kelu-Chongmuda Cu-Au Belt, Nêdong Co. (Naidong Co.; Zedang Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Biji Cu Deposit
Chemen Cu Deposit
Decun Cu Deposit
Liebu Cu Deposit
Niangguchu Cu Deposit
Nuri Cu-Mo-W Deposit
Panan W Deposit
Shuangbujiere Cu Deposit
Wenqu Cu Deposit

Latitude: 29°18'40"N
Longitude: 91°48'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.311111111111,91.803888888889

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tungstite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	43961,43963,43965	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	43964,43965	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	43961,43963,43965	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43961	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	43963,43965	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	43961,43963,43965	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43963	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43963	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	43961,43965	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43963	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43964	5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43963	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43961,43963	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	43961,43963,43965	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	43961,43963,43964	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43964	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	43963,43965	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	43961,43963,43964,43965	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	43963,43964	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	43961,43963	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	43961,43963,43965	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	43961,43963,43965	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	43963	118
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	43961,43963,43965	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	43963	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3	43961,43963,43965	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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