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:
Qamdo Co. (Changdu Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 254002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qamdo Co. (Changdu Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eluoqiao As Deposit
Lalongla Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 31°10'0"N
Longitude: 96°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.166666666667,96.75

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As Ba C Ca F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Orpiment Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	43918	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	43918	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43917,43918	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	43918	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43918	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43918	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	43917,43918	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	43918	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43918	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	43917	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43918	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43918	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	43917	712
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43918	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	43918	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43918	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	43917	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	43917,43918	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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