Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar

mindat Locality ID: 30745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hukawng Valley
Tanai Township (Tanaing Township)

Latitude: 26°24'15"N
Longitude: 96°35'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.404166666667,96.586111111111

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.

Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Corundum Diamond None Pyroxene Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Jadeite ()*
Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85994	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	85995	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	85995	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	85995	30554
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	0		154
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	85995	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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