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Locality Name:
Khentii Aimag (Hentiy Aimag), Mongolia


mindat Locality ID: 50091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khentii Aimag (Hentiy Aimag), Mongolia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bayan
Bayan Suma
Bayan-Ovoo
Berh
Binder Soum
Darhan
Hentiy
Hutag Ull Ord
Idermeg
Öndörhaan
Umundelger Somon

Latitude: 47°40'59"N
Longitude: 110°53'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.683055555556,110.88416666667
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: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiaspore
FeldsparFluoriteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1851678803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21851743092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1851529052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18285166,851674286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1851661966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18517427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21851675171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218516627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS285152,851692600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21085150,85154,85156,85157,85162,85163,85164,85166,85167,851699617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18517424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1851527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu285152,8516030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3385152,85166,8516714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61851522228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418516614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21851745674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2385166,85170,851725800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3185166140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2285152,8516717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485152,85166,85167,8517439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2385152,85166,8516761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1851664894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1851746417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18517421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31851523418


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