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

mindat Locality ID: 234545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kelu-Chongmuda Cu-Au Belt, Zhanang Co., Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kelu Cu-Au Deposit (Keru Cu-Au Deposit)
Samye Cu Deposit (Sangyisi Cu 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.

Amphibole	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

28 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	1	43991	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43991	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43991	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43991	5509
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	43991	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43991	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43991	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43991	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43991	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	43991	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	43991	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43991	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43991	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43991	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43991	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	43991	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	43991	804
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43991	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43991	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	43991	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43991	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43991	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43991	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43991	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43991	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	43991	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	43991	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	43991	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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