Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Margog Caka (Ma'erguo Chaka), Nyima Co. (Nima Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 261955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Margog Caka (Ma'erguo Chaka), Nyima Co. (Nima Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°51'15"N
Longitude: 87°0'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.854166666667,87.013055555556

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	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Rocksalt

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 Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Calcite Clay Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aphthitalite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hydroglauberite ()*	Hydrohalite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Thénardite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	16
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O	17
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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