Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 371.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 368.9

mindat Locality ID: 205758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Surven Sukhait Deposit
Tsagaan Suvarga Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 43°52'0"N
Longitude: 108°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.866666666667,108.33305555556

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	371.2	369.6	0		8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	371.8	368.9	0		1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	371.2	369.6	1	85092	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	371.8	368.9	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	371.2	369.6	1	85092	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	371.2	369.6	0		3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	371.2	369.6	0		2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	371.2	369.6	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	371.2	369.6	1	85092	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	371.2	369.6	0		2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	371.2	369.6	1	85092	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	371.2	369.6	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	371.2	369.6	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	371.8	368.9	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	371.2	369.6	1	85092	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	371.2	369.6	1	85092	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	371.2	369.6	1	85092	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	371.2	369.6	1	85092	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	371.2	369.6	1	85092	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	371.2	369.6	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	371.8	368.9	2	85091,85092	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	371.8	368.9	2	85091,85092	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	371.8	368.9	0		494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	371.8	368.9	2	85091,85092	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	371.8	368.9	2	85091,85092	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	371.2	369.6	1	85092	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	371.2	369.6	1	85092	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	371.2	369.6	1	85092	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	371.2	369.6	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	371.2	369.6	1	85092	5317

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00416	371.3	368.9	370.1±1.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	CT-29	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205758	Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan Suvarga	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.7.1537	EG95_1537
Mo-00417	371.8	369.4	370.6±1.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	CT-51	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205758	Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan Suvarga	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.7.1537	EG95_1537
Kristen002227	371.2	369.6	370.4±0.8	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite		Cu, Mo	230046	Tsagaan Suvarga Cu-Mo Deposit, Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan-Suvarga Ore Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
PorphCu-00266	371.2	369.6	370.4±0.8	Re-Os					Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	230046	Tsagaan Suvarga Cu-Mo Deposit, Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan-Suvarga	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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