Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Töv Aimag, Mongolia

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

mindat Locality ID: 45140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45140.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Töv Aimag, Mongolia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Abdar Bayan Soum
Burgen
Gorkhi Massif (Ghorkhi Massif)
Guna Soum
Mörön Soum
Nailakh Soum
Zaamar Soum

Latitude: 47°23'29"N
Longitude: 106°25'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.391388888889,106.41722222222

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

38 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	3	85237,85242,85245	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	85245,85248	706
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	85237	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	222	222	2	85242,85246	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			4	85245,85246,85247,85248	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	222	222	1	85242	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	222	222	2	85242,85246	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	222	222	1	85242	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	222	222	2	85242,85248	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	85245,85248	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			8	85234,85235,85237,85238,85245,85246,85247,85248	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	222	222	2	85242,85247	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	222	222	1	85242	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	85248,85250,85251,85252,85253,85254,85255	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	222	222	3	85237,85242,85246	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	85245,85248	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	222	222	2	85242,85245	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	222	222	5	85237,85242,85245,85247,85248	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	222	222	1	85242	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	222	222	1	85242	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	85237,85245	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	222	222	2	85242,85246	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			2	85245,85248	945
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	3	85237,85242,85246	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	222	222	2	85242,85246	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	222	222	1	85242	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	222	222	1	85242	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	85237,85240,85246,85247	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	222	222	1	85242	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	85237	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	222	222	3	85242,85246,85247	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	85245	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	85245,85248	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	85245,85248	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			5	85237,85245,85246,85247,85248	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	85245,85248	5251

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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