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


mindat Locality ID: 260693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuanghu Co., Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bul Co (Bul Tso; Biluo Cuo)
Co Nyi (Tso Nyi; Cuo Ni)
Dagze Co (Dagze Tso; Daze Cuo)
Gyarab Punco (Gyarab Puntso)
Kongkong Caka (Kongkong Chaka)
Ngoinyar Co (Ngoyer Tso; Eya Cuo)
Pongyin Co (Pongyin Tso)
Qoiden Co (Qoiden Tso; Quedan Cuo)
Shangxu Au Deposit
Shuanghu
Xiao Caka (Xiao Chaka; Nitrate Lake)

Latitude: 33°6'5"N
Longitude: 88°3'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.101388888889,88.054722222222
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 Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAphthitaliteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachite
MicaNoneNorthupitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Borax  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gaylussite  (*)
Gold  (*)Halite  (*)Hydrohalite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Northupite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21438103092
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)214380777
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)243806,438133250
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O243802,4380876
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)343806,43810,4381327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214381027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2243806,438139895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1438128173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14381024243
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O14380857
Gold  (*)CopperAu14381030554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl443806,43807,43808,438131398
Hydrohalite  (*)NoneNaCl·2H2O243806,4381317
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)214381293
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414381014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214381012537
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O243808,43813223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O343804,43806,438131508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2743803,43804,43805,43806,43809,43810,4381317380
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl14380831
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214381039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214381061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14381021482
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl143808275


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