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Locality Name:
Province No. 1, Nepal


mindat Locality ID: 309520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Province No. 1, Nepal": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ilam District
Sankhuwasabha District
Solukhumbu District
Taplejung District
Udayapur District

Latitude: 26°44'2"N
Longitude: 87°23'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.733888888889,87.388333333333
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 Be Bi C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperDanburiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileTourmalineZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Danburite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eulytine  (*)Gold  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)487043,87047,87052,870538803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31870482353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18487043,87046,87052,870534286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)287047,8705127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21870525171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6187052289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181870531008
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8287043,87053148
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)287043,87048520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1870478173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)318704372
Gold  (*)CopperAu18703830554
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)287043,8705381
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6187045741
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4387041,87043,870531507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1870551487
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)287043,870534924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2387043,87051,8705217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2287038,8705139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2787040,87041,87043,87047,87051,87052,8705361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21870525614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1870532705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51870411516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31870431214
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO418704353
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1870515251


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