Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Sphalerite at Tosontsengel, Dzavhan Aimag (Zavkhan Aimag), Mongolia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 260Ma - 245Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00265	260	245		Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205756	Zost Uul Cu Deposit, Tosontsengel, Dzavhan Aimag (Zavkhan Aimag), Mongolia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00265	260	245		Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205756	Zost Uul Cu Deposit, Tosontsengel, Dzavhan Aimag (Zavkhan Aimag), Mongolia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00270	299	251		Epidote, Kaolinite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	205763	Zost Tolgoi Cu Deposit, Tosontsengel, Dzavhan Aimag (Zavkhan Aimag), Mongolia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155