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Burgustain Gol, Uvs Province, Mongoliai
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Burgustain Gol- not defined -
Uvs ProvinceProvince
MongoliaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude:
49° North , 92° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~217km
GRN:
N34E44
Mindat Locality ID:
7815
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:7815:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Burgustain River


Pt-bearing gold placers, derived from a Pt-bearing volcanoplutonic picrite complex in the area south of Ureg Nuur.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Bowieite
Formula: Rh2S3
ⓘ Cooperite
Formula: PtS
ⓘ 'Cuprorhodsite-Malanite Series'
ⓘ 'Erlichmanite-Laurite Series'
ⓘ 'Hollingworthite-Irarsite Series'
ⓘ Isoferroplatinum
Formula: Pt3Fe
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
ⓘ 'UM2001-15-S:CuFePtRh'
Formula: (Rh,Pt,Fe,Cu)9S10

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
ⓘIsoferroplatinum1.AG.35Pt3Fe
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCooperite2.CC.35bPtS
ⓘBowieite2.DB.15Rh2S3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Erlichmanite-Laurite Series'-
ⓘ'Hollingworthite-Irarsite Series'-
ⓘ'Cuprorhodsite-Malanite Series'-
ⓘ'UM2001-15-S:CuFePtRh'-(Rh,Pt,Fe,Cu)9S10

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

AsiaContinent
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Oyunchimeg, T., Izokh, A.E., Vishnevsky, A.V., Kalugin, V.M. (2009) Isoferroplatinum mineral assemblage from the Burgastain Gol placer (Western Mongolia) Russian Geology and Geophysics, 50 (10) 863-872 doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2009.09.004
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