Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Province No. 3, Nepal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 875
Youngest recorded age at locality: 700

mindat Locality ID: 309522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Province No. 3, Nepal": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chitwan District
Dhading District
Dolakha District
Dolkha District
Rasuwa District
Shindhupalchowk District (Sindhipalchowk)

Latitude: 28°1'19"N
Longitude: 85°36'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.021944444444,85.611111111111

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.

Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Margarite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc Titanite Tourmaline

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	875	700	2	87062,87063	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	875	700	3	87062,87063,87068	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	875	700	1	87063	2162
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	875	700	2	87064,87066	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	875	700	1	87067	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	875	700	1	87062	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	875	700	2	87064,87066	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	875	700	3	87064,87066,87067	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	875	700	1	87063	648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	875	785	1	87067	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	875	700	1	87066	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	875	700	2	87064,87068	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	87070	1487
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	875	700	1	87063	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	875	700	2	87064,87067	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	875	700	5	87062,87063,87065,87068,87071	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	875	700	3	87063,87064,87065	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	875	700	2	87063,87068	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	875	700	2	87064,87067	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	875	700	3	87061,87064,87070	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	875	700	2	87063,87064	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	875	700	1	87064	2562

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
CJES19_1670_0001	875	785	830 ± 45	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	192543	Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	Ganesh Himal deposit	Ghosh (2005)	CJES19_1670
sedexmvt-00189	875	785	875-785 Ma (Pb-Pb on galena)	Pb-Pb on galena				192543	Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	Ganesh Himal	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00344	700	700	Neoproterozoic?					192543	Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	Ganesh Himal	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060458	Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal	https://rruff.info/R060458

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