Dongqiao, Tibet

Dongqiao (Chinese: 东巧) is a village in Amdo County of Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

Dongqiao geologically gives its name to the wider Dongqiao-Nagqu Subregion and the Banggong-Dongqiao-Nujiang fault zone.

[7] Dongqiao village gives its name to a large region which it is located in which is known geologically for its ophiolite, termed the "Dongqiao ophiolite belt", which is dated to the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous age.

[4] As Guangcen Li puts it in a 1990 paper, "the ophiolites appear to be covered in turn by a transgressive marine detrital Upper Jurassic to lower most Cretaceous series.

"[13] The Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences has conducted studies in the area, identifying "diamond orebodies of diamondiferous ultrabasic rock type in Dongqiao and Lhobsa of Amdo County, northern Tibet.