Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Bayan Uul Mine, Mörön Soum, Töv Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 222
Youngest recorded age at locality: 222

mindat Locality ID: 205760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bayan Uul Mine, Mörön Soum, Töv Aimag, Mongolia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°41'0"N
Longitude: 104°53'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.683333333333,104.88333333333

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteKobellite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyrophylliteRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)222222203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)22222208803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422222205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22222205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2222222027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS22222204165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)22222208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS222222024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42222220192
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3222222014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)422222205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4222222014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2222222012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS222222205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS222222205800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O22222201508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2222222017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2222222039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)22222220771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S822222209056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO222222205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS222222021482



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-00267222222222      Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Galenobismutite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu205760Bayan Uul Mine, Mörön Soum, Töv Aimag, MongoliaBayan-UulSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...