Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
West Kasulu Cu–Au Porphyry Prospect, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 362

mindat Locality ID: 272278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Kasulu Cu–Au Porphyry Prospect, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Ore Field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au Ore Field), Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Wurtzite

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 C Cu Fe H I K Mo O S Si Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Cu Fe H I K Mo O S Si Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	372	362	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	372	362	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	362	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	372	362	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	372	362	804
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	372	362	180
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	362	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	372	362	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	372	362	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	362	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	362	61156

1 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-00148	372	362	372–362							Yes		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

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...