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Locality Name:
Narigongma Cu-Mo Deposit, Zadoi Co. (Zaduo Co.), Gyêgu Autonomous Prefecture (Yushu Autonomous Prefecture), Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 229007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narigongma Cu-Mo Deposit, Zadoi Co. (Zaduo Co.), Gyêgu Autonomous Prefecture (Yushu Autonomous Prefecture), Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°31'0"N
Longitude: 94°46'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.516666666667,94.766666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	27
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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