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:
Mon State, Myanmar

mindat Locality ID: 127303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mon State, Myanmar": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kyaikhto Gold District
Mawlamyine District
Meyon Gold Deposit
Thaton District

Latitude: 15°26'31"N
Longitude: 97°43'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.441944444444,97.731666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	86236	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	86235	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	86230,86231,86232,86236	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	86231	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	86232,86233	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	86230,86231,86232,86236	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	86230	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86230	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	86230,86231,86232,86233,86236	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	86236	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	86230,86231,86232,86233,86236	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	86235	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	86232,86233	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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