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Locality Name:
Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18.7

mindat Locality ID: 243769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bawmar (Baw Mar Mine)
Kyauk-sin (Rock Elephant)
Pan-taw (Pandaw)

Latitude: 22°56'58"N
Longitude: 96°25'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.949444444444,96.42

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 B Be C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Sn Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
KaoliniteMicaMilariteNoneOlivineQuartzRutileScheeliteSodaliteSpinel
TopazTourmalineZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Herderite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jeremejevite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Poudretteite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spinel  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3218.71861018803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183218.7286101,861034286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23218.71861035171
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O43218.7286101,86102321
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33218.7386101,86102,861031797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)3218.7286101,86102481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43218.7186101651
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23218.71861039617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)33218.7186101504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3218.71861017437
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F3218.718610320
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33218.71861015433
Jeremejevite  (*)NoneAl6(BO3)5F33218.718610215
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43218.71861015591
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O163218.718610218
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3218.71861034924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23218.718610117380
Poudretteite  (*)MilariteKNa2(B3Si12)O303218.71861024
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23218.7386101,86102,8610361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3218.71861031711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23218.71861015614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3218.71861034894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3218.7386101,86102,861032705
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl3218.7186101444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33218.71861031214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O43218.7386101,86102,861031934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F23218.7386101,86102,861031476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)32311861015251



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
OGR34_192_00118.718.718.7Ar-Arreset age   Yes  24345Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, MyanmarMogokYui et al. (2008) OGR34_192 
OGR34_192_002323132-31  zircon  YesZircon  24345Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, MyanmarMogokYui et al. (2008) OGR34_192 


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