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Locality Name:
Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 240

mindat Locality ID: 26157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Khaldzan Buregte Deposit
Khatuugiin Thorite Occurrence
Mount Ulyn Khuren
Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb Deposit

Latitude: 48°28'14"N
Longitude: 91°55'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.470555555556,91.922777777778
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 As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H La Li Ln Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBenitoite
BranneriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCarminiteCatapleiiteCeriteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCrichtoniteElpiditeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
FornaciteGadoliniteIlvaiteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMilariteMixiteMolybdeniteMonazite
NeptuniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePercleveitePhenakitePrehnitePseudobrookitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTetrahedriteThortveititeTitaniteVivianiteZircon

119 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite-(Nd)  (*)
Almeidaite  (*)Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Armalcolite  (*)Armstrongite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Barićite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bazirite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Britholite-(Y)  (*)Calciocatapleiite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Diopside  (*)Elpidite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)
Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Gerenite-(Y)  (*)Gittinsite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Ce)  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Lead  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mianningite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Narsarsukite  (*)Neptunite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Percleveite-(Ce)  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Röntgenite-(Ce)  (*)Rutile  (*)Senaite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)Tuhualite  (*)Wilkinsonite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)Zinc  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22452401851373419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6245240585131,85134,85135,85136,851371022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]245240385131,85136,85137133
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6390240043
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)63902400141
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O390240090
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)245240285131,851378803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)245240385134,85136,85137706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)390240025
Allanite-(Nd)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaNd(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)245240285135,851375
Almeidaite  (*)CrichtonitePbZn2(Mn,Y)(Ti,Fe3+)18O36(OH,O)239024007
Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce6Ca3)   Al(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)32452401851378
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22452401851372162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)39024002734
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2245240485131,85135,85136,85137295
Armalcolite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5390240039
Armstrongite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaZr(Si6O15)·2H2O2452401851315
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3902400379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2452401851379052
Barićite  (*)Vivianite(Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2·8H2O39024007
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)24524018513711547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F245240185137304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)245240285136,85137255
Bazirite  (*)BenitoiteBaZrSi3O9390240011
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2245240185131606
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6245240185137248
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)245240185137115
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)24524018513728
Calciocatapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteCaZrSi3O9·2H2O2452401851318
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245240385131,85136,8513727770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)23902400178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO239024005171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2390240094
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)324524018513747
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39024004979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O3902400197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS224524018513727198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)390240046
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2245240285136,8513789
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8245240285136,851371756
Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)NoneYNbO4245240285134,8513517
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3902400566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6245240185137518
Copper  (*)CopperCu2452401851373846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)43902400175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163902400227
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62452401851374135
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O24524018513150
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)245240385131,85136,851378173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)245240285134,85137371
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)ScheeliteCeNbO4·0.3H2O24524018513716
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4245240485134,85135,85136,85137196
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)245240385134,85135,8513728
Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+2Fe3+2Li)Si8O22F239024003
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)224524018513738
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6245240285136,8513783
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2452401851372740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2245240585131,85132,85134,85135,851379617
Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)None(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)2Nb2O6F390240010
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2245240285136,85137163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24524018513724243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S245240285136,8513760
Gerenite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca,Na,   )2Y3Si6O18·2H2O39024002
Gittinsite  (*)ThortveititeCaZrSi2O724524018513111
Gold  (*)CopperAu24524018513730554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6245240185137741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245240385131,85132,8513714640
Hingganite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteBeCe(SiO4)(OH)245240485134,85135,85136,8513713
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)245240385135,85136,8513755
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH245240185137367
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)(OH)245240285136,8513716
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3245240285131,851375433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)245240385134,85136,85137197
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O23902400179
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O245240385134,85135,8513799
Lead  (*)CopperPb3902400192
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23902400762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2452401851371487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245240385131,85134,8513714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)224524018513712537
Mianningite  (*)Crichtonite(   ,Pb,Ce,Na)(U4+,Mn,U6+)Fe3+2(Ti,Fe3+)18O3839024005
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)245240585131,85132,85135,85136,851374924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O245240185137156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22452401851375800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)245240185137945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)224524018513717380
Narsarsukite  (*)NoneNa2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)11390240034
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O2424524018513149
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3902400471
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)245240285135,851372349
Percleveite-(Ce)  (*)PercleveiteCe2Si2O72452401851352
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F2245240285131,8513789
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22452401851371898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245240285136,8513739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82452401851379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245240585131,85134,85135,85136,8513761156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2245240285131,85137375
Röntgenite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCa2Ce3(CO3)5F324524018513715
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22452401851375614
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3824524018513128
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS24524018513721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S339024003418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O245240285136,85137456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS39024002045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F245240185137232
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F390240055
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132452401851371803
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)245240385132,85136,851371006
Tin  (*)NoneSn390240063
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O245240285135,851374899
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)FornaciteCe2Al(SiO4)2(OH)24524018513723
Tuhualite  (*)NoneNaFe2+Fe3+Si6O1539024006
Wilkinsonite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+8Fe3+4]O4[Si12O36]2452401851373
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO43902400303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42452401851371655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)245240285136,85137939
Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2Si2O7390240025
Zinc  (*)NoneZn390240052
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)245240585131,85134,85135,85136,851375251


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
Cr-00058245240240K, He lepidolite, serizitolite   SenaiteCr26157Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia Gastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 
ree-00457390380Devonian-- 380-390 Ma        26157Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), MongoliaKhaldzan-BuregteyOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060857Tat'yana Pegmatite, Mount Ulyn Khuren, Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongoliahttps://rruff.info/R060857

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