Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 19
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13

mindat Locality ID: 127305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sagaing Region, Myanmar": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hkamti District
Katha District
Monywa District
Yinmabin District

Latitude: 23°35'53"N
Longitude: 95°16'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.598055555556,95.279166666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Isomertieite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Potarite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite
Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Braggite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cooperite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Hollingworthite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kashinite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Laurite ()*	Malanite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Osmium ()*	Petzite ()*
Platarsite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tulameenite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mo Na O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Isomertieite Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Potarite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Ullmannite
Wurtzite

51 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	86262	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19	13	2	86266,86269	966
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	86259	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	86256	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19	13	1	86266	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	19	13	1	86266	5516
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃			1	86264	33
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄			1	86264	101
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	86262	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	19	13	3	86256,86262,86269	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	19	13	5	86266,86267,86268,86269,86270	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	13	4	86256,86257,86262,86266	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	86259	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	86256	2600
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS			1	86264	124
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	19	13	2	86266,86268	4165
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄			1	86264	31
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	19	13	1	86266	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	13	1	86266	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	19	13	2	86266,86268	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	19	13	1	86266	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	86256,86262	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂			1	86264	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	86256,86262,86264	30554
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS			1	86264	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	86264	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	86273	162
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂			1	86264	48
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			3	86251,86252,86253	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	13	2	86256,86266	5591
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃			1	86264	29
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇			1	86264	40
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	86264	226
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄			1	86264	35
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	86256	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	86257	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	13	5	86256,86257,86266,86269,86270	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	86259	2994
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	86264	169
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	86262	409
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS			1	86264	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	86273	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	13	8	86256,86257,86262,86266,86267,86268,86269,86270	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	19	13	1	86266	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	13	6	86256,86259,86262,86266,86269,86270	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	86264	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	86256,86262	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	86264	75
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	86262	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	86256	5317
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe			1	86264	48

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-00052	19	13	19–13									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	16510	S & K Mine (Monywa Mine), Monywa, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar	Monywa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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