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Locality Name:
Lhari Co. (Jiali Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China


mindat Locality ID: 243508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lhari Co. (Jiali Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mengya'a Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 30°19'59"N
Longitude: 92°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.333055555556,92.166666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWollastonite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21437793419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31437791534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21437795509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14377927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214377927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1437794165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61437794135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1437798173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14377924243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214377912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214377917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214377939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81437799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214377961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14377921482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31437791247



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