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Locality Name:
Tsav, Dornod Aimag, Mongolia

mindat Locality ID: 45049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsav, Dornod Aimag, Mongolia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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