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Saga County, Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Saga CountyCounty
Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture)Prefecture
TibetAutonomous Region
ChinaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Saga3,765 (2010)
Mindat Locality ID:
334004
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:334004:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Xian de Saga, ville-préfecture de Xigazê, Tibet, Chine
German:
Saga, Xigazê, Tibet, China
Italian:
Contea di Saga, Prefettura di Shigatse, Tibet, Cina
Russian:
Сага, Шигадзе, Тибет, Китай
Simplified Chinese:
萨嘎县, 日喀则市, 藏区, 中国
Cebuano:
Saga Xian, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tsina
Dutch:
Saga, Shigatse, Tibet, China
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان ساگا, شیگاتسی, تبت, جمهوری خلق چین
Gan:
萨嘎县, 日喀则市, 西藏, 中國
Japanese:
サガ県, シガツェ市, チベット, 中国
Korean:
싸가현, 르카쩌시, 티베트, 중국
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Saga-koān, Shigatse-chhī, Se-chōng, Tiong-hôa
Norwegian:
Saga, Shigatse, Tibet, Kina
Polish:
Saga, Xigazê, Tybet, Chiny
Swedish:
Saga, Shigatse, Tibet, Kina
Tibetan (Standard):
ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།, གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ས་ཁུལ།, བོད་ཡུལ།, རྒྱ་ནག
Urdu:
سگا کاؤنٹی, شینگاتسے, تبت, چین
Vietnamese:
Saga, Xigazê, Tây Tạng, Trung Quốc
Wu Chinese:
萨嘎县, 日喀则市, 西藏, 中国


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1 valid mineral.

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Group 9 - Silicates
Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
OOxygen
O PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
FFluorine
F Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
MgMagnesium
Mg PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
SiSilicon
Si PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
ClChlorine
Cl Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
KPotassium
K PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Geochronology

Mineralization age: Miocene : 18.8 ± 0.5 Ma to 17.3 Ma

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Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Cenozoic
  Neogene
   Miocene
ⓘ Dacite17.3 MaLake Dajiacuo, Saga County, Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China
ⓘ Phlogopite18.8 ± 0.5 MaLake Dajiacuo, Saga County, Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences11
Youngest Fossil Listed269 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed272 Ma (Permian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Jiala11272.3 - 268.8 Ma (Permian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Metalegoceras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Metalegoceratidae : Metalegoceras272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Propinacoceras beyrichi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Medlicottiidae : Propinacoceras : Propinacoceras beyrichi272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Hyattoceras geinitzi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hyattoceras : Hyattoceras geinitzi272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Popanoceras sobolewskyanum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Popanoceratidae : Popanoceras : Popanoceras sobolewskyanum272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Parapronorites timorensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pronoritidae : Parapronorites : Parapronorites timorensis272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Neopronorites permicus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Prolecanitida : Pronoritidae : Neopronorites : Neopronorites permicus272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Neogeoceras tenum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Medlicottiidae : Neogeoceras : Neogeoceras tenum272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Agathiceras divisum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Agathiceratidae : Agathiceras : Agathiceras divisum272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Neocrimites jiajiaensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Adrianitidae : Neocrimites : Neocrimites jiajiaensis272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Sosiocrimites jialaensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Adrianitidae : Sosiocrimites : Sosiocrimites jialaensis272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Popanoceras xizangense
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Popanoceratidae : Popanoceras : Popanoceras xizangense272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_County
Wikidata ID:Q745302
GeoNames ID:1280110

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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