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Locality Name:
Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam


mindat Locality ID: 285674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sin Quyen Mine

Latitude: 22°34'29"N
Longitude: 103°47'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.574722222222,103.79972222222

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCubaniteEpidoteMicaNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitaniteWurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129479827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129479827198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31294798802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12947988173
Gold  (*)CopperAu129479830554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21294798209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61294798741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129479814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2129479817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129479839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812947989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129479861156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12947984899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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