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Locality Name:
Saran Uul Prospect, Bodi, Bayanhongor Province, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 208273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saran Uul Prospect, Bodi, Bayanhongor Province, Mongolia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°47'0"N
Longitude: 100°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.783333333333,100.6

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Au Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Molybdenite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	318	299	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	318	299	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	318	299	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	318	299	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	318	299	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	318	299	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	318	299	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	318	299	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	318	299	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00582	318	299	Late Carboniferous									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	208273	Saran Uul Prospect, Bodi, Bayanhongor Province, Mongolia	Saran Uul	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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