Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

mindat Locality ID: 26585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cuc Duong Deposit
Dong Hy District
Kom Tum
Lam Dong
Me Tic Deposit
Mo Ba (Lang Hich)
Nui Phao
Phu Luong District
Phudo Deposit
Quang Trung
Tien Bo

Latitude: 21°40'59"N
Longitude: 105°45'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.683055555556,105.76361111111

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	Arsenic	Bournonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Danalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Otavite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Bournonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	294857	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	294856	3250
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	294857	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	294857	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	294856	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	294856	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	294857	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	294857	27198
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	294857	58
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	294857	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	294850,294856,294857	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	294850,294857	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	294859	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	294856	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	294859	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	294850,294852,294857,294859,294861,294862	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	294857	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294857	17380
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	1	294856	25
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	294850,294856,294859	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	294850,294857,294859	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294857	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	294848	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	294859	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	294857	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	294856	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	294850,294856,294857	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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