Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Central Oyu Deposit, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 362

mindat Locality ID: 248342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Oyu Deposit, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Germanite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Al As Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sr V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sr V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite Germanite Kaolinite Mica None
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	372	362	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	372	362	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	372	362	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	362	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	372	362	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	372	362	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	372	362	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	372	362	651
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	372	362	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	372	362	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	362	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	372	362	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	362	61156
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	372	362	48
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	372	362	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	372	362	1803
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	372	362	86

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-00148	372	362	372–362							Yes		Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Zunyite	Cu	127444	Oyu Tolgoi Mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia	Oyu Tolgoi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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