Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Öldziyt, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 271

mindat Locality ID: 208278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Öldziyt, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nariin Khudag Cu Deposit
Shuteen Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 44°12'0"N
Longitude: 107°45'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.2,107.76638888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite

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 Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*

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	318	271	1	85097	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	318	271	2	85096,85097	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	318	271	2	85096,85097	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	318	271	1	85097	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	318	271	1	85097	651
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	318	271	1	85097	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	318	299	1	85096	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	318	271	1	85097	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	318	271	2	85096,85097	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	318	271	1	85097	771

2 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-00585	318	299	Late Carboniferous									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	208276	Nariin Khudag Cu Deposit, Öldziyt, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Nariin Khudag	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00587	318	271	Late Carboniferous–Early Permian									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	208279	Shuteen Cu-Au Deposit, Öldziyt, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Shuteen	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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