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Locality Name:
Munguntaiga Ore Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 240

mindat Locality ID: 207211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munguntaiga Ore Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Askhatin-Gol Ag-Sb-Co-Ni Deposit
Munguntaiga Ag-Sb-Co-Ni Deposit

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: As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe O S Sb W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteLöllingiteNickelineNonePerovskiteScheelite
SkutteruditeTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2422401104109379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24224011041109052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi363.724011041091966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363.7240110410927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS363.72401104109966
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22422402104109,104110762
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8363.724011041099056
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2363.72401104109317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)363.724011041094894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)363.724011041096417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3363.72402104109,104110531
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13363.72402104109,1041105317


2 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
Co-00099242240        Co, As, Ni207209Askhatin-Gol Ag-Sb-Co-Ni Deposit, Munguntaiga Ore Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia Tretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 
Deep-Dive-other-00037363.7347.7355.7±8.6U-PbCo and rare metal mineralization in Delyun-Yustyd basin     Co207209Askhatin-Gol Ag-Sb-Co-Ni Deposit, Munguntaiga Ore Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, RussiaAshatyin-Gol Ni-Co-arsenide depositPavlova et al. (2008)10.1016/j.rgg.2008.06.010RGG49_545Co and rare metal mineralization in Delyun-Yustyd basin

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