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Locality Name:
Uvs Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 350

mindat Locality ID: 48588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uvs Aimag, Mongolia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Burgustain Gol (Burgustain River)
Davst
Iljgen Gol (Iljgen River)
Tarialan Mine
Turgen
Ureg Nuur
Zavkhan Soum

Latitude: 50°3'42"N
Longitude: 91°54'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.061666666667,91.909444444444

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pt Rh S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteAuricuprideBaryteBowieiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTitaniteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bowieite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cooperite  (*)Copper  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1852678803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)185267706
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61852652060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21852615509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18526111547
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3285257,8526033
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18526727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21852675171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218526727198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6185267518
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS285257,85260124
Copper  (*)CopperCu1852613846
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1852672740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21852679617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1852651188
Gold  (*)CopperAu385257,85260,8526130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3503501852596890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3503501852591398
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe285257,85260128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4285265,8526714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218526112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21852675800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)185267945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218526717380
Platinum  (*)CopperPt185261485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218526739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81852679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218526761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21852675614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1852615186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18526721482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1852671006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1852674899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21852652562
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)185267939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1852675251



3 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
sedcu-00520350350Devonian       Cu228351Bulgin Shiver Cu Deposit, Davst, Uvs Aimag, MongoliaBulgin ShiverCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00521350350Devonian       Cu228352Baruun Termis Uul Cu Deposit, Turgen, Uvs Aimag, MongoliaBaruun Termis UulCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00522350350Devonian       Cu228353Baruun Turaag Uul Cu Deposit, Turgen, Uvs Aimag, MongoliaBaruun Turaag UulCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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