Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
S & K Mine (Monywa Mine), Monywa, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

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

mindat Locality ID: 16510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "S & K Mine (Monywa Mine), Monywa, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kyisintaung Ore Body
Letpadaung Ore Body
Sabetaung Ore Body
Sabetaung South Ore Body

Latitude: 22°15'0"N
Longitude: 95°4'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.25,95.083055555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*

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: Al As Ba Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Wurtzite

16 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	1	86269	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19	13	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	19	13	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	19	13	1	86269	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	19	13	4	86267,86268,86269,86270	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	13	0		27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	19	13	1	86268	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	19	13	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	13	0		651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	19	13	1	86268	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	19	13	0		910
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	13	0		5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	13	2	86269,86270	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	13	4	86267,86268,86269,86270	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	19	13	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	13	2	86269,86270	61156

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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