Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Lao Cai Province, Vietnam

mindat Locality ID: 31258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lao Cai Province, Vietnam": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bat Xat District
Lao Cai District
Sa Pa District

Latitude: 22°28'15"N
Longitude: 103°50'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.470833333333,103.845

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Wurtzite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	294798,294801	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	294798,294804	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	294798	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	294801	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	294798	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	294804	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	294798	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	294802	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	294798	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	294798	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	294804	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	294798,294804	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	294804	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	294798,294804	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	294798,294804	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	294798,294804	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	294798,294801,294804	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	294804	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	294798	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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