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Locality Name:
Asgat-Ozernoe Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Bayan Ölgiy Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 241.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 238.4

mindat Locality ID: 279087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Asgat-Ozernoe Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Bayan Ölgiy Aimag, Mongolia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Asgat Ag-Sb 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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperDiaspore
FluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteZinkenite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Copper  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S241.6238.41850472793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2241.6238.41850473092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb241.6238.4185047363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS241.6238.41850479052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi241.6238.41850471966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3241.6238.41850471935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3241.6238.41850471089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)241.6238.418504727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2241.6238.418504727198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2241.6238.4185047162
Copper  (*)CopperCu241.6238.41850473846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2241.6238.41850479617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12241.6238.4185047663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS241.6238.418504724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)241.6238.41850477437
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS241.6238.4185047170
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2241.6238.4185047762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2241.6238.418504712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2241.6238.41850475674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2241.6238.418504717380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS241.6238.4185047767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241.6238.418504739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8241.6238.41850479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241.6238.418504761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)241.6238.41850476417
Silver  (*)CopperAg241.6238.41850475186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS241.6238.418504721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3241.6238.41850473418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13241.6238.41850475317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42241.6238.4185047228



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
Deep-Dive-other-00038241.6238.4240±1.6Ar/Arage of Ag-Sb in Yustyd cluster; age of fresh lamprophyre that hosts the siderite veinsericite    Ag, Sb26156Asgat Ag-Sb Deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Bayan Ölgiy Aimag, MongoliaTurgen site, Asgat field, Yustyd ore clusterPavlova et al. (2008)10.1016/j.rgg.2008.06.010RGG49_545age of Ag-Sb in Yustyd cluster; age of fresh lamprophyre that hosts the siderite vein


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