Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Melonite at Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 297.1Ma - 277.7Ma at this locality

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG105_1057_003	287	287			Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd,Rh,Ir,Os,Ru	143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Begg et al. (2010)	EG105_1057
JAES32_204-00015	287.3	277.7			Cu,Ni,S	143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00018	297.1	283.3			Cu,Ni,S	143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204

Locality age (prioritized)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
OGR32_452-00007	320	290				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Han et al. (2007)	OGR32_452

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
JAES32_204-00011	284	273.8				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00012	317	285				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00013	297.7	281.4				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00014	292	282				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00016	306.4	275.6				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00017	308	296				143975	Kalatongke Mine (Kalatunk Mine; Karatungk Mine), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Zhang et al. (2008)	JAES32_204