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Locality Name:
Kharmagtai Cu Deposit, Öldzeyte Suma, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 331
Youngest recorded age at locality: 329

mindat Locality ID: 205761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kharmagtai Cu Deposit, Öldzeyte Suma, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Altai Tolgoi Prospect
Burgit Prospect
Galau Prospect
Zesen Uul Prospect

Latitude: 44°0'0"N
Longitude: 106°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44,106.16666666667

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Melonite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Malachite Melonite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	331	329	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	331	329	0		5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	331	329	0		361
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	331	329	1	85197	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	331	329	1	85194	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	331	329	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	331	329	1	85197	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	331	329	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	331	329	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	331	329	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	331	329	2	85194,85197	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	331	329	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	331	329	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	331	329	1	85194	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	331	329	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	331	329	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	331	329	1	85194	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	331	329	2	85194,85197	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	331	329	0		21482

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-00268	331	329	330±1.0	Re-Os								Bornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205761	Kharmagtai Cu Deposit, Öldzeyte Suma, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia	Kharmagtai	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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