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:
Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18.7

mindat Locality ID: 26236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Chaung-gyi-ah-le-ywa
Gurkha-konzan
Kyauk-wa
Lisu-konzan
Mana-Lisu
Shan-konzan
Wa-hkan-sho (Ho-mine-sho)

Latitude: 22°58'12"N
Longitude: 96°30'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.97,96.510555555556

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.

Beryl	Clinocervantite	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Kornerupine	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Topaz	Tourmaline

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Kyawthuite ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spinel ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B Be Bi F Fe H Mg Na O S Sb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Mg O U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clinocervantite Corundum Fluorite Garnet Kornerupine None Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Topaz Tourmaline

13 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	32	18.7	2	86071,86074	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	32	18.7	2	86072,86074	4286
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	32	18.7	1	86069	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	32	18.7	7	86069,86070,86071,86072,86073,86074,86075	1797
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	32	18.7	1	86071	68
Kyawthuite ()*	Clinocervantite	Bi³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	32	18.7	1	86069	1
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	32	18.7	0		18
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	18.7	1	86071	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	18.7	3	86069,86070,86072	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	32	18.7	2	86071,86074	2705
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	32	18.7	6	86069,86070,86071,86073,86074,86075	1934
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	32	18.7	2	86070,86074	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	32	18.7	0		2718

2 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
	OGR34_192_001	18.7	18.7	18.7	Ar-Ar	reset age					Yes				24345	Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar	Mogok	Yui et al. (2008)		OGR34_192
	OGR34_192_002	32	31	32-31				zircon			Yes	Zircon			24345	Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar	Mogok	Yui et al. (2008)		OGR34_192

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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