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Locality Name:
Zhongba Co., Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.126
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.0008

mindat Locality ID: 258304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhongba Co., Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chabyer Caka (Chabyer Co; Zhabuye Chaka; Zhabuye Cuo; Zabuye Salt Lake)
Qiuli'nanmu Lake

Latitude: 31°26'53"N
Longitude: 84°3'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.448055555556,84.054722222222

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.

Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Northupite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

Albite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Northupite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sylvite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Trona ()*	Ulexite ()*	Zabuyelite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Mica
None Northupite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	8803
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	3250
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	0.126	0.0008	2	44029,44030	76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	8173
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	57
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0.126	0.0008	2	44029,44030	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0.126	0.0008	2	44029,44030	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0.126	0.0008	2	44029,44030	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.126	0.0008	2	44029,44030	17380
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	31
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	299
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	129
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	160
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	0.126	0.0008	1	44029	11

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Scott-AGS81_861-0001	0.126	0.0008	0.126-0.000800	ESR, 14C, U-series disequilibrium	Age of deposition							Aragonite, Borax, Calcite, Dolomite, Gaylussite, Halite, Kaolinite, Mirabilite, Montmorillonite, Northupite, Pyrite, Thenardite, Zabuyelite		3257	Chabyer Caka (Chabyer Co; Zhabuye Chaka; Zhabuye Cuo; Zabuye Salt Lake), Zhongba Co., Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China	Zabuye Salt Lake	Mianping et al. (2007)	10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb01008.x	AGS81_861	P. 861

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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