Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bayan Ölgiy Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 362.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231.5

mindat Locality ID: 48234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bayan Ölgiy Aimag, Mongolia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Jalanash Meteorite
Khovd Gol Mine
Mushguu
Tolbonur Ore Cluster
Tsunheg (Tsunkheg)
Ulaan Uul Mine (Kyzyl-Tau Mine)
Yustid Ore Cluster

Latitude: 49°5'19"N
Longitude: 90°4'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.088611111111,90.071944444444

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Diamond	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Columbite
Copper Diamond Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Zinkenite

46 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	241.6	238.4	1	85047	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	241.6	238.4	4	85040,85041,85042,85047	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	241.6	238.4	1	85047	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	241.6	238.4	5	85040,85041,85042,85043,85047	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	85040,85042	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	241.6	238.4	1	85047	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	241.6	238.4	1	85047	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	241.6	238.4	3	85041,85042,85047	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	241.6	238.4	5	85039,85040,85041,85042,85047	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	85043	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	241.6	238.4	5	85039,85040,85041,85042,85047	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	241.6	238.4	1	85047	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	85039,85040	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	241.6	238.4	1	85047	3846
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	85035	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	85040,85043	9895
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	85037	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	241.6	238.4	2	85044,85047	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	241.6	238.4	1	85047	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	241.6	238.4	3	85041,85042,85047	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	241.6	238.4	1	85047	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	85040	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	85035	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	241.6	238.4	1	85047	170
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	85044	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	85039,85040	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	241.6	238.4	4	85040,85041,85042,85047	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	241.6	238.4	1	85047	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	241.6	238.4	2	85039,85047	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			2	85039,85040	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	85044	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	241.6	238.4	7	85039,85040,85041,85042,85043,85044,85047	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	85040	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	241.6	238.4	3	85040,85042,85047	767
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	85035	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	241.6	238.4	6	85039,85040,85041,85042,85044,85047	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	241.6	238.4	1	85047	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	241.6	238.4	7	85039,85040,85041,85042,85043,85044,85047	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	85040	233
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	85036,85043	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	241.6	238.4	5	85039,85040,85041,85042,85047	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	241.6	238.4	1	85047	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	241.6	238.4	3	85041,85042,85047	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	241.6	238.4	2	85039,85047	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	241.6	238.4	4	85040,85041,85042,85047	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	241.6	238.4	1	85047	228

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0015	Yustid ore cluster has 3 localites (Mindat) - 207202, 289069
Alexandra-0016	Yustid ore cluster has 3 localites (Mindat) - 207202, 289069
Alexandra-0017	Yustid ore cluster has 3 localites (Mindat) - 207202, 289069
Alexandra-0018	Yustid ore cluster has 3 localites (Mindat) - 207202, 289069
Alexandra-0019	Yustid ore cluster has 3 localites (Mindat) - 207202, 289069

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Deep-Dive-other-00038	241.6	238.4	240±1.6	Ar/Ar	age of Ag-Sb in Yustyd cluster; age of fresh lamprophyre that hosts the siderite vein	sericite		Ag, Sb	26156	Asgat Ag-Sb Deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe Zone, Yustid Ore Cluster, Bayan Ölgiy Aimag, Mongolia	Turgen site, Asgat field, Yustyd ore cluster	Pavlova et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.rgg.2008.06.010	RGG49_545	age of Ag-Sb in Yustyd cluster; age of fresh lamprophyre that hosts the siderite vein
Alexandra-0015	362.4	355.6	359.0 ± 3.4	Ar-Ar	Age of mineralization	sericite	Yes	Sn, W	207210	Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia	Yustyd	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078
Alexandra-0016	358	346	352 ± 6	Ar-Ar	Age of mineralization		Yes	Sn, W	207210	Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia	Yustyd	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078
Alexandra-0017	258	250	258-250	U-Pb	Age of rock		Yes	Ni, Co, As	207210	Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia	Yustyd	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078	Second stage of mineralization
Alexandra-0018	243.5	236.5	240 ± 3.5	Ar-Ar	Age of rock		Yes	Ag, Sb	207210	Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia	Yustyd	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078
Alexandra-0019	234.4	231.5	234.4–231.5	Ar-Ar	Age of rock		Yes	Hg	207210	Yustid Ore Cluster, Tuva, Russia	Yustyd	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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