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Locality Name:
Öldzeyte Suma, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia

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

mindat Locality ID: 230529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Öldzeyte Suma, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kharmagtai Cu 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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteMeloniteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23313291851935509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43313291851935516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2331329185193361
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S331329285193,851975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2331329285193,8519427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3313291851933531
Copper  (*)CopperCu331329285193,851973846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3313291851932970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3313291851938173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS33132918519324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu331329385193,85194,8519730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O333132918519314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O433132918519314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2331329285193,8519412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23313291851935800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)233132918519317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2331329285193,8519439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2331329285194,8519761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33132918519321482



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-00268331329330±1.0Re-Os     Bornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu205761Kharmagtai Cu Deposit, Öldzeyte Suma, Ömnögovi Aimag, MongoliaKharmagtaiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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