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Locality Name:
Bayanhongor Province, Mongolia

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

mindat Locality ID: 45149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bayanhongor Province, Mongolia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Altan Valley Placer
Bayan Valley Placer
Bayasn Khundii
Bodi
Jargalant Placer
Jargalant Soum
Shinejinst Soum
Tsagaan Tsakhir Uul

Latitude: 44°51'56"N
Longitude: 99°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.865555555556,99.7

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Volynskite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

29 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	85059	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	85059	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	85051,85059	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	318	299	1	85053	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	85051,85059	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	85059	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	85059	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	318	299	3	85051,85053,85059	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	85059	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	85051	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	318	299	3	85051,85053,85059	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	318	299	8	85049,85050,85051,85053,85054,85056,85058,85059	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	318	299	2	85051,85053	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	85059	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	85051	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			1	85059	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	318	299	2	85051,85053	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	85059	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	318	299	2	85051,85053	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	85051	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃			1	85059	67
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	85059	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	318	299	3	85051,85053,85059	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	85051	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	85051,85059	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	318	299	3	85051,85053,85059	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	85059	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	85059	1803
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	85059	64

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-00582	318	299	Late Carboniferous									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	208273	Saran Uul Prospect, Bodi, Bayanhongor Province, Mongolia	Saran Uul	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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