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Locality Name:
Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 371.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 219

mindat Locality ID: 48604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Argatay
Dulaan Uul Uranium Deposit
Dzüünbayan
Erdene Sum
Gobi Desert
Har-Ayrak (Khar-Airag)
Hövsgöl
Modotin
Öldziyt
Senj
Ulugei
Unchzhul Massif
Zoovch Ovoo Uranium Deposit

Latitude: 44°23'26"N
Longitude: 109°34'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.390555555556,109.56777777778

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	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Ancylite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Bastnäsite	Bismutite	Burbankite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Elpidite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Parisite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Ancylite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte
Bastnäsite Bismutite Burbankite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Elpidite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Parisite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

99 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Armstrongite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcioburbankite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Röntgenite-(Ce) ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*
Varlamoffite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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)	371.2	369.6	1	85090	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	267.3	219	2	85089,85094	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	85094	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	318	271	1	85097	966
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	267.3	219	1	85089	92
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	85094	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	371.8	368.9	1	85090	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	267.3	219	1	85089	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	267.3	219	1	85089	356
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85084	3250
Armstrongite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaZr(Si₆O₁₅)·2H₂O	267.3	219	1	85089	5
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	85094	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	371.2	369.6	3	85080,85092,85094	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	371.8	219	3	85086,85089,85090	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	267.3	219	1	85089	304
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	85094	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	85101	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	371.2	271	5	85080,85091,85092,85096,85097	5516
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	267.3	219	1	85089	52
Calcioburbankite ()*	Burbankite	Na₃(Ca,Ce,Sr,La)₃(CO₃)₅	267.3	219	1	85089	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	371.2	219	7	85077,85082,85084,85089,85092,85094,85099	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	267.3	219	1	85089	232
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	267.3	219	3	85089,85094,85101	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	267.3	219	1	85089	1252
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	267.3	219	1	85089	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	85094	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	371.2	369.6	2	85091,85092	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	371.2	219	6	85080,85089,85091,85092,85096,85097	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	371.2	369.6	1	85090	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	371.2	369.6	1	85090	2600
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	85101	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	371.2	369.6	1	85090	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	85094	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	371.2	369.6	1	85092	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	85077	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	371.2	369.6	1	85090	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	318	271	1	85097	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	371.2	271	2	85092,85097	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	267.3	219	1	85089	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	267.3	219	3	85077,85082,85089	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	85101	520
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	267.3	219	1	85089	50
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	371.2	369.6	2	85090,85094	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	267.3	219	1	85089	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	267.3	219	2	85089,85094	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	371.2	219	7	85085,85086,85087,85089,85090,85094,85099	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	371.2	219	4	85089,85091,85092,85094	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	85094	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	371.8	368.9	1	85090	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	267.3	219	1	85089	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	371.2	219	4	85082,85089,85092,85094	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	371.2	369.6	1	85092	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	85094	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	371.2	219	5	85082,85089,85092,85094,85097	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	85094	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	371.2	219	3	85089,85092,85094	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	371.2	369.6	3	85080,85092,85094	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	371.2	369.6	1	85090	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	267.3	219	2	85089,85101	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	371.8	219	5	85089,85091,85092,85094,85096	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			2	85094,85101	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	371.8	219	8	85080,85082,85089,85091,85092,85094,85097,85101	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	267.3	219	1	85089	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	85100	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85094	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	267.3	219	1	85089	112
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	267.3	219	1	85089	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	85101	121
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	371.8	368.9	1	85090	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	371.2	219	7	85080,85089,85091,85092,85094,85096,85097	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	85077	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	318	271	1	85097	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	371.8	368.9	3	85091,85092,85094	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	371.8	219	9	85082,85084,85086,85089,85091,85092,85094,85099,85101	61156
Röntgenite-(Ce) ()*	None	Ca₂Ce₃(CO₃)₅F₃	267.3	219	1	85089	15
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	267.3	219	3	85089,85094,85101	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	85094	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	85101	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	85094	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	371.2	369.6	1	85092	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	85094	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	371.2	369.6	1	85092	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	267.3	219	1	85089	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	371.2	219	4	85089,85091,85092,85094	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	85094	668
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	267.3	219	1	85089	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	267.3	219	1	85089	232
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	85101	211
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	371.2	369.6	1	85092	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	371.2	369.6	1	85090	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	371.2	369.6	1	85092	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	267.3	219	1	85089	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	267.3	219	2	85089,85094	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	85077	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	85094	1476
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂			1	85094	56
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	85101	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	267.3	219	1	85089	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	267.3	219	2	85089,85094	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000798	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes up to 1 m thick and 1 km long and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, nepheline monzogabbro, ijolite and phonolite.
Jen_0000799	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes up to 1 m thick and 1 km long and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, nepheline monzogabbro, ijolite and phonolite.

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Jen_0000798	225.4	219	222.2±3.2	Rb-Sr		whole rock					44889	Lugeengol REE Deposit (Lugin Gol; Lugiin Gol; Lugin Gel), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Luugin gol	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000799	267.3	222.5	244.9±22.4	Rb-Sr		whole rock					44889	Lugeengol REE Deposit (Lugin Gol; Lugiin Gol; Lugin Gel), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Luugin gol	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00453	247	237	Middle Triassic-- 230 Ma								44889	Lugeengol REE Deposit (Lugin Gol; Lugiin Gol; Lugin Gel), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Lugin Gol	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Mo-00416	371.3	368.9	370.1±1.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	CT-29	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205758	Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan Suvarga	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.7.1537	EG95_1537
Mo-00417	371.8	369.4	370.6±1.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	CT-51	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	205758	Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan Suvarga	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	10.2113/gsecongeo.95.7.1537	EG95_1537
Kristen002227	371.2	369.6	370.4±0.8	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite		Cu, Mo	230046	Tsagaan Suvarga Cu-Mo Deposit, Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan-Suvarga Ore Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
PorphCu-00266	371.2	369.6	370.4±0.8	Re-Os					Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	230046	Tsagaan Suvarga Cu-Mo Deposit, Tsagaan Suvarga Ore Field (Tsagaan Suvarguin Ore Field; Tsagan Suburga Ore Field), Hövsgöl, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Tsagaan-Suvarga	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00585	318	299	Late Carboniferous						Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	208276	Nariin Khudag Cu Deposit, Öldziyt, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Nariin Khudag	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00587	318	271	Late Carboniferous–Early Permian						Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	208279	Shuteen Cu-Au Deposit, Öldziyt, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia	Shuteen	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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