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Locality Name:
Phu Kham Cu-Au Deposit, Xaisomboun Province, Laos

Oldest recorded age at locality: 53
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53

mindat Locality ID: 187465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phu Kham Cu-Au Deposit, Xaisomboun Province, Laos": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°55'0"N
Longitude: 102°55'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.916666666667,102.93305555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Mica None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	53	53	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	53	53	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	53	53	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	53	53	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	53	53	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	53	53	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	53	53	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	53	53	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	53	53	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	53	53	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	53	53	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	53	53	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	53	53	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	53	53	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	53	53	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	53	53	1803

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00208	53	53	53									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	187465	Phu Kham Cu-Au Deposit, Xaisomboun Province, Laos	Phu Kham	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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