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Locality Name:
Boroo Mine, Baruun-Haraa, Selenge Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 210
Youngest recorded age at locality: 185

mindat Locality ID: 44894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boroo Mine, Baruun-Haraa, Selenge Aimag, Mongolia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°44'48"N
Longitude: 106°10'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.746666666667,106.16777777778

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: Al As Au Co Cu Fe Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Co Cu Fe Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperFeldsparLöllingiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)21018508803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS210185056
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS21018509052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112101850843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS321018501089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2210185027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS210185024243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5210185038
Gold  (*)CopperAu210185030554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2210185039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2210185061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS210185021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1321018505317



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
RS65_311-001210185210-18540Ar-39Arore mineralization      44894Boroo Mine, Baruun-Haraa, Selenge Aimag, MongoliaBoroo depositCluer et al. (2005)  hydrothermal minerals formed by wall rock alteration indicates that the ore mineralization occurred in early Mesozoic times (ca 210–185 Ma, after Cluer et al., 2005).


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