Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Duolong Ore Field, Gêrzê Co. (Gaize Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 256322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duolong Ore Field, Gêrzê Co. (Gaize Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bolong Cu-Au Deposit
Dibao Deposit
Duobuza Cu-(Au) Deposit (Dobuzha Cu-(Au) Deposit)
Ga’erqin Deposit
Nadun Deposit
Naruo Deposit
Saijiao Deposit
Sena Deposit
Southern Tiegelong Deposit

Latitude: 32°50'6"N
Longitude: 83°30'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.835,83.510833333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Colusite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Geerite ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spionkopite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

37 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	43855	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	43853,43855	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	43861	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	43861	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43855	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	43861	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	43855,43861	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43855	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43855	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43853,43855,43861	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	43861	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	43855	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43861	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	43855	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43861	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	43861	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	43861	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43853,43855	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43861	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43861	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	43861	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43855	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	43861	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43855	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	43855,43861	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	43853,43855,43861	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	43853,43855,43861	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	43855,43861	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	43853,43855,43861	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43853,43855,43861	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	43853,43855,43861	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43861	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43853,43855,43861	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	43855,43861	5614
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	43861	73
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	43861	1803
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43855	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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