| Locality type: | Massif |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Thorite |
| Formula: | Th(SiO4) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Microcline | 4 |
| Hingganite-(Y) | 3 |
| Quartz | 3 |
| Genthelvite | 2 |
| Hingganite-(Ce) | 2 |
| Gadolinite-(Y) | 2 |
| - var Calciogadolinite-(Y) | 2 |
| Bohseite | 2 |
| Elpidite | 1 |
| - var Calcium-bearing Elpidite | 1 |
| Aegirine | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Thorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 142817 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:142817:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Thorite in this Region |
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| Khatuugiin thorite occurrence, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia |
| Tat'yana pegmatite, Mount Ulyn Khuren, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia |
| Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia |
| Nearest other occurrences of Thorite |
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| 14.2km (8.8 miles) | ⓘTsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia |
| 36.3km (22.6 miles) | ⓘKhatuugiin thorite occurrence, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia |
| 93.0km (57.8 miles) | ⓘShar Tolgoi, Zavkhan District, Uvs Province, Mongolia |
| References |
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Kovalenko, V. I., Yarmolyuk, V. V., Sal nikova, E. B., Kartashov, P. M., Kovach, V. P., Kozakov, I. K., Yakovleva, S. Z. (2004) The Khaldzan-Buregtei Massif of peralkaline rare-metal igneous rocks: structure, geochronology, and geodynamic setting in the Caledonides of Western Mongolia. Petrology c/c of Petrologiia, 12 (5) 412-436 Bagiński, Bogusław, Jokubauskas, Petras, Domańska-Siuda, Justyna, Kartashov, Pavel, Macdonald, Ray (2016) Hydrothermal metasomatism of a peralkaline granite pegmatite, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Mongolian Altai; complex evolution of REE-Nb minerals. Acta Geologica Polonica, 66 (3). 477-495 doi:10.1515/agp-2016-0021 |
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Khatuugiin thorite occurrence, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia