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Locality Name:
Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam


mindat Locality ID: 26585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cuc Duong Deposit
Dong Hy District
Kom Tum
Lam Dong
Me Tic Deposit
Mo Ba (Lang Hich)
Nui Phao
Phu Luong District
Phudo Deposit
Quang Trung
Tien Bo

Latitude: 21°40'59"N
Longitude: 105°45'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.683055555556,105.76361111111
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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Danalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Otavite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12948578803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12948563250
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12948571966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312948571935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312948561089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129485627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212948575171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129485727198
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S129485758
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212948579617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3294850,294856,29485724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2294850,29485730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3129485914640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612948561066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312948595433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46294850,294852,294857,294859,294861,29486214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212948575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2129485717380
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)129485625
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23294850,294856,29485939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83294850,294857,2948599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129485761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12948481711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212948595614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12948574894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12948562473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3294850,294856,29485721482


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