Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Govi-Altay Aimag (Govi-Altai Aimag; Gobi-Altay Aimag), Mongolia

mindat Locality ID: 53838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Govi-Altay Aimag (Govi-Altai Aimag; Gobi-Altay Aimag), Mongolia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Altai
Barlag
Khulman Nuur Gold District
Khunkher

Latitude: 45°23'59"N
Longitude: 95°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.399722222222,95.5

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Tridymite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	85120	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85120	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85125	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	85120	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	85124,85125	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	85120	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	85120	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	85125	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	85121,85122,85123,85124,85125	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	85124,85125	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	85120,85125	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	85125	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	85124	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	85120	230
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85120	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	85124,85125	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	85120,85124	61156
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	85120	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	85120	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	85120	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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