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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

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	Auricupride	Baryte	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Auricupride Baryte Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Zircon

36 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85267	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	85267	706
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	85265	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	85261	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	85261	11547
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃			2	85257,85260	33
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85267	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	85267	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	85267	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	85267	518
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS			2	85257,85260	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	85261	3846
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	85267	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	85267	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	85265	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	85257,85260,85261	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	350	350	1	85259	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	350	350	1	85259	1398
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			2	85257,85260	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	85265,85267	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	85261	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	85267	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	85267	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	85267	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	85261	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	85267	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	85267	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	85267	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	85267	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	85261	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	85267	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	85267	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	85267	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	85265	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	85267	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	85267	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00520	350	350	Devonian	Cu	228351	Bulgin Shiver Cu Deposit, Davst, Uvs Aimag, Mongolia	Bulgin Shiver	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00521	350	350	Devonian	Cu	228352	Baruun Termis Uul Cu Deposit, Turgen, Uvs Aimag, Mongolia	Baruun Termis Uul	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00522	350	350	Devonian	Cu	228353	Baruun Turaag Uul Cu Deposit, Turgen, Uvs Aimag, Mongolia	Baruun Turaag Uul	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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