Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mörön Soum, Töv Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 222
Youngest recorded age at locality: 222

mindat Locality ID: 287710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mörön Soum, Töv Aimag, Mongolia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bayan Uul Mine

Latitude: 46°40'59"N
Longitude: 104°53'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.683055555556,104.88333333333

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Kobellite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Kobellite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	222	222	1	85242	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	222	222	1	85242	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	222	222	1	85242	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	222	222	1	85242	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	222	222	1	85242	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	222	222	1	85242	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	222	222	1	85242	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	222	222	1	85242	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	222	222	1	85242	192
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	222	222	1	85242	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	222	222	1	85242	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	222	222	1	85242	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	222	222	1	85242	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	222	222	1	85242	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	222	222	1	85242	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	222	222	1	85242	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	222	222	1	85242	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	222	222	1	85242	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	222	222	1	85242	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	222	222	1	85242	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	222	222	1	85242	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	222	222	1	85242	21482

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-00267	222	222	222									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Galenobismutite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	205760	Bayan Uul Mine, Mörön Soum, Töv Aimag, Mongolia	Bayan-Uul	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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