Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 374.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 362

mindat Locality ID: 221970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field)

Latitude: 43°0'10"N
Longitude: 106°51'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.002777777778,106.85138888889

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Colusite ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulvanite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*
Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sn Sr Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Topaz Wurtzite

47 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	372	362	1	85182	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	372	362	3	85179,85180,85182	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	372	362	1	85180	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	372	362	1	85180	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	372	362	1	85184	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	374.2	362	1	85181	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	374.2	362	1	85181	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	372	362	3	85179,85180,85182	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	374.2	362	1	85181	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	374.2	362	2	85181,85184	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	372	362	2	85179,85182	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	362	3	85179,85182,85184	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	372	362	1	85181	3531
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	372	362	1	85179	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	372	362	1	85179	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	372	362	1	85180	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	372	362	1	85179	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	372	362	1	85180	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	372	362	2	85179,85180	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	374.2	362	2	85180,85181	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	372	362	1	85181	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	372	362	1	85179	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	374.2	362	1	85181	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	374.2	362	3	85180,85181,85184	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	372	362	1	85180	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	372	362	2	85180,85181	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	372	362	1	85184	804
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	372	362	1	85184	180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	372	362	1	85180	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	372	362	1	85182	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	362	2	85181,85184	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	374.2	362	2	85181,85184	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	372	362	4	85179,85180,85182,85184	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	362	4	85179,85180,85182,85184	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	372	362	2	85179,85180	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	374.2	362	1	85181	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	374.2	362	5	85179,85180,85181,85182,85184	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	372	362	2	85180,85181	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	372	362	1	85180	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	372	362	1	85181	21482
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	372	362	1	85179	48
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	372	362	2	85179,85180	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	372	362	2	85179,85180	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	372	362	1	85181	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	372	362	1	85180	1476
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	372	362	1	85180	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	372	362	3	85179,85180,85181	86

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Kristen002228	374	370	372±2	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite		Cu, Au	127444	Oyu Tolgoi Mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia	Oyu Tolgoi Ore Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Kristen002229	374.2	371.8	373±1.2	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite		Cu, Au	127444	Oyu Tolgoi Mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia	Oyu Tolgoi Ore Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00312	372	370	371±1	Re-Os		molybdenite	Hugo North DDH-319 862m	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	127444	Oyu Tolgoi Mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia	Oyu Tolgoi	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703
PorphCu-00148	372	362	372–362						Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Zunyite	Cu	127444	Oyu Tolgoi Mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia	Oyu Tolgoi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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