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:
Nyima Co. (Nima Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 234814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nyima Co. (Nima Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bangduo Au Deposit
Chagele Pb-Zn Deposit
Damxung Co (Dangqiong Co; Tangyung Co; Damxung Tso; Dangqiong Tso; Tangyung Tso; Dangxiong Cuo)
Dujiali Lake (Borax Lake)
Guojialin Lake
Khangro Caka (Kangru Chaka)
Margai Caka (Ma'ergai Chaka)
Margog Caka (Ma'erguo Chaka)
Mibale (Mibalei)
Nima Mine (Nyima Mine)
Rongma Township
Serbug Co (Serbug Tso; Saibu Cuo)

Latitude: 32°44'49"N
Longitude: 87°13'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.746944444444,87.220555555556

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	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Blödite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Northupite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Blödite ()*
Borax ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gaylussite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hydroglauberite ()*	Hydrohalite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natron ()*
Northupite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Titanite ()*	Trona ()*
Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Blödite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Northupite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	43795	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43788	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	43795	1627
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	4	43789,43790,43791,43794	77
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	43790	130
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	3	43789,43790,43791	76
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	43795	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	43788,43791,43794,43795,43799	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43788	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	43788,43795	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	43794,43799	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43788,43798	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	43794	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43788	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43788	24243
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	43791	57
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43798	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	43787,43796	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	43788	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43794	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	6	43789,43791,43792,43793,43794,43799	1398
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	2	43792,43794	16
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O	3	43792,43793,43794	17
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	43791	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43798	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	43788,43791,43794,43799	5591
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	43795	233
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	43791,43799	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43788,43795	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43788	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	5	43789,43790,43791,43794,43799	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43799	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	43788,43791,43792,43794,43798,43799,43800	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	43791	78
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	3	43789,43790,43791	51
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	1	43791	31
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43788	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43788	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43788,43798	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	43787,43798	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43795	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43787	4894
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	43795	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43788	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	43789	275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	4	43790,43791,43794,43799	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	2	43789,43791	64
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	2	43790,43791	29
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	43795,43798	4899
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	2	43789,43791	129
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	1	43789	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	43787,43795	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43788	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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