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 Tennantite-(Fe) at Orhon Aimag (Orkhon Aimag), Mongolia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 241.2Ma - 220Ma 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
Kristen002226	241.2	240	Molybdenite		Cu,Mo	26155	Erdenet Mine (Erdenetiin Ovoo Mine), Erdenet, Orhon Aimag (Orkhon Aimag), Mongolia	Han et al. (2014)	RG64_136
PorphCu-00076	240	220		Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Ferrimolybdite, Fluorite, Galena, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	26155	Erdenet Mine (Erdenetiin Ovoo Mine), Erdenet, Orhon Aimag (Orkhon Aimag), Mongolia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization 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
Kristen002226	241.2	240	Molybdenite		Cu,Mo	26155	Erdenet Mine (Erdenetiin Ovoo Mine), Erdenet, Orhon Aimag (Orkhon Aimag), Mongolia	Han et al. (2014)	RG64_136
PorphCu-00076	240	220		Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Ferrimolybdite, Fluorite, Galena, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	26155	Erdenet Mine (Erdenetiin Ovoo Mine), Erdenet, Orhon Aimag (Orkhon 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
Mo-00205	241.5	239.9	Molybdenite		Mo	26155	Erdenet Mine (Erdenetiin Ovoo Mine), Erdenet, Orhon Aimag (Orkhon Aimag), Mongolia	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	EG95_1537
Mo-00206	241.2	239.6	Molybdenite		Mo	26155	Erdenet Mine (Erdenetiin Ovoo Mine), Erdenet, Orhon Aimag (Orkhon Aimag), Mongolia	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	EG95_1537