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Locality Name:
Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

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

mindat Locality ID: 127423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chindwin River
Monywa

Latitude: 22°7'9"N
Longitude: 95°6'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.119166666667,95.111388888889

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.

Baryte	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite
Isomertieite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Spinel	Ullmannite
Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuproiridsite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kashinite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Laurite ()*	Malanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Platarsite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite
Isomertieite Kaolinite Mica None Potarite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Spinel Ullmannite
Wurtzite

34 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19	13	2	86266,86269	966
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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	19	13	1	86269	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	19	13	5	86266,86267,86268,86269,86270	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	13	1	86266	27198
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
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂			1	86264	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	86264	30554
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS			1	86264	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	86264	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂			1	86264	48
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	13	1	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
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	13	3	86266,86269,86270	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	86264	169
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS			1	86264	44
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	13	5	86266,86267,86268,86269,86270	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	19	13	1	86266	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	13	3	86266,86269,86270	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	86264	337
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	86264	75
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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