Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Khan-Taishirin-Ula Range, Dzavhan Aimag (Zavkhan Aimag), Mongolia

mindat Locality ID: 281131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khan-Taishirin-Ula Range, Dzavhan Aimag (Zavkhan Aimag), Mongolia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Naran Massif

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.

Chlorite	Clay	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel

Clinochlore ()*	Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Orcelite ()*
Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*

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 C Cr H Ir Mg Ni O Os Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay None Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	85106	1756
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	85106	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	85106	110
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	85106	205
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	85106	341
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	85106	154
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	85106	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	85106	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	85106	311
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	85106	36
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	1	85106	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	85106	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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