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Colusite from
Central Oyu deposit, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Colusite
Formula:Cu13VAs3S16
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Colusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Central Oyu deposit, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1009528
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1009528:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Economic Geology September 2001 v. 96 no. 6 p. 1407-1428
Porter, T.M. (Mike) (2016) The geology, structure and mineralisation of the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposits, Mongolia: A review. Geoscience Frontiers, 7 (3) 375-407 doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2015.08.003
 
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