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Locality Name:
Dornod Aimag, Mongolia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 176
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 63555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dornod Aimag, Mongolia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chubu Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Ereentsav
Lamachaolutu Cu-Mo Deposit
Saerxite Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Tsav

Latitude: 49°9'33"N
Longitude: 115°21'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.159166666667,115.3525

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Enargite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

40 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	85073,85074	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	176	145.5	4	85069,85071,85072,85073	8803
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	176	145.5	1	85071	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	85073,85074	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	85074	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	176	145.5	2	85071,85074	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	85072	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	176	145.5	1	85071	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	85069,85072,85073,85074	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	85069,85073	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	85069,85072	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	176	145.5	5	85069,85071,85072,85073,85074	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	85072	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	85072	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	85072,85073,85074	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	85074	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	176	145.5	5	85069,85071,85072,85073,85074	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	85074	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	85074	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	85074	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	85069,85072,85073,85074	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	85072,85074	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	176	145.5	2	85071,85072	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	176	145.5	3	85071,85072,85074	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85069	2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	85074	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	85074	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	176	145.5	5	85069,85071,85072,85073,85074	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	85074	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	85069,85072,85073,85074	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	85074	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	176	145.5	1	85071	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	85069,85074	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	85069,85073,85074	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	85073	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	176	145.5	5	85069,85071,85072,85073,85074	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	85069	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	176	145.5	1	85071	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	176	145.5	3	85069,85071,85074	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	85073	372

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00269	176	145.5	Middle to Late Jurassic									Albite, Arsenic, Bismuthinite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	205762	Avdar Tolgoi Cu Deposit, Ereentsav, Dornod Aimag, Mongolia	Avdartolgoi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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