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Locality Name:
Mogok Valley, 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: 26042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Dattaw-taung (Dattaw Hill)
Ha-pha-lar-sho
Ho-mine-sho
Lay-bin-sin
Le-U-le-taw
Le-U-thet-kachan
Lin-yaung-chi (Bright Light Rays)
Mintada (King's Bridge)
Myaw-pyet
Myaw-taung
Nga-yant-inn (old Pan-sho; Padan-sho)
Oak-saung-taung (Oh Saung Taung; Phayar-taung)
Ohn-bin-ywe-htwet (Coconut Tree Mine)
Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai)
Shon-ban-gyi
Shon-ban-lay
Shon-daw-myaing
Shwe-daing
Shwe-pyi-aye
Ye-bauk-thar-yar (Ye-bauk-thayar)
Yebu (Hot Water)
Yebu-kalar-gon
Yebu-thapanbin-kyar (Thabapin)

Latitude: 22°55'56"N
Longitude: 96°30'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.932222222222,96.510833333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Danburite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Kornerupine
Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine
Scapolite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Danburite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Kornerupine
Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine
Scapolite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*
Edenite ()*	Ekanite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euclase ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Lazurite ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Painite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Poudretteite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Schorl ()*	Serendibite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sinhalite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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)	32	18.7	2	86167,86176	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	32	18.7	2	86185,86186	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	32	18.7	2	86175,86176	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	32	18.7	1	86175	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32	18.7	1	86158	3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	32	18.7	3	86159,86175,86176	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	18.7	4	86158,86173,86174,86175	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	32	18.7	1	86167	232
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	32	18.7	1	86174	285
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	32	18.7	7	86167,86168,86169,86171,86175,86176,86182	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	32	18.7	3	86171,86175,86176	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	32	18.7	26	86158,86160,86161,86162,86163,86164,86165,86166,86167,86168,86169,86170,86171,86173,86175,86176,86177,86178,86179,86180,86181,86182,86183,86184,86185,86186	1797
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	32	18.7	9	86159,86162,86167,86168,86175,86176,86182,86184,86186	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	32	18.7	9	86160,86162,86163,86169,86172,86174,86175,86176,86186	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	32	18.7	2	86162,86176	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	32	18.7	3	86159,86160,86175	160
Ekanite ()*	Amorphous	Ca₂ThSi₈O₂₀	32	18.7	1	86174	16
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	32	18.7	2	86162,86167	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	32	18.7	1	86176	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	32	18.7	1	86176	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	32	18.7	1	86175	120
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	32	18.7	1	86176	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	32	18.7	2	86175,86176	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	32	18.7	1	86176	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	32	18.7	1	86176	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	32	18.7	1	86182	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	32	18.7	3	86169,86174,86182	2812
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	32	18.7	1	86186	158
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	32	18.7	1	86176	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	32	18.7	1	86176	154
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	32	18.7	1	86176	68
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	32	18.7	1	86186	37
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	32	18.7	1	86176	18
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	32	18.7	1	86176	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	32	18.7	1	86175	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	32	18.7	2	86167,86175	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	32	18.7	1	86175	200
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	32	18.7	3	86159,86175,86182	2349
Painite ()*	None	CaZrAl₉O₁₅(BO₃)	32	18.7	1	86176	8
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	32	18.7	2	86167,86175	313
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	32	18.7	1	86176	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	32	18.7	1	86162	2273
Poudretteite ()*	Milarite	KNa₂(B₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	32	18.7	1	86175	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	18.7	4	86169,86176,86182,86186	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	18.7	15	86159,86162,86167,86169,86170,86171,86173,86175,86176,86178,86179,86180,86182,86183,86184	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	32	18.7	2	86169,86175	598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	32	18.7	5	86162,86168,86173,86175,86176	2705
Serendibite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₆Al₆]O₄[Si₆B₃Al₃O₃₆]	32	18.7	3	86169,86176,86182	19
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	32	18.7	3	86171,86175,86176	1516
Sinhalite ()*	Olivine	MgAl(BO₄)	32	18.7	4	86169,86175,86176,86182	20
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	32	18.7	4	86159,86160,86162,86174	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	32	18.7	21	86162,86163,86164,86165,86166,86167,86168,86169,86170,86171,86173,86174,86175,86176,86178,86181,86182,86183,86184,86185,86186	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	32	18.7	1	86176	688
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	32	18.7	1	86183	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	32	18.7	5	86163,86169,86176,86181,86186	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	32	18.7	8	86159,86162,86167,86169,86175,86176,86182,86184	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	32	18.7	1	86174	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	32	18.7	1	86176	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	32	18.7	1	86174	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	32	31	7	86162,86169,86173,86175,86176,86182,86184	5251

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
X050128	Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar	https://rruff.info/X050128
R060957	Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar	https://rruff.info/R060957

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