Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bugat, Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 287712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bugat, Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Khongoot Cu Deposit

Latitude: 49°7'59"N
Longitude: 103°39'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.133055555556,103.65

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	318	299	1	85062	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	318	299	1	85062	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	318	299	1	85062	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	318	299	1	85062	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	318	299	1	85062	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	318	299	1	85062	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	318	299	1	85062	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	318	299	1	85062	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	318	299	1	85062	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	318	299	1	85062	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	318	299	1	85062	39462

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-00581	318	299	Late Carboniferous									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	208271	Khongoot Cu Deposit, Bugat, Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia	Khongoot	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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