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Locality Name:
Monywa, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

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

mindat Locality ID: 127395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monywa, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
S & K Mine (Monywa Mine)

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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteKaoliniteMica
NonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61913286266,86269966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)191318626611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS419131862665516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)191318626927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1913586266,86267,86268,86269,862705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2191318626627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1913286266,862684165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1913186266481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41913186266651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1913286266,862681027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41913186266910
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)419131862665591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21913386266,86269,8627017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21913586266,86267,86268,86269,8627039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21913186266771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21913386266,86269,8627061156



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00052191319–13      Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, PyrophylliteCu16510S & K Mine (Monywa Mine), Monywa, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, MyanmarMonywaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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