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Locality Name:
Burpala Alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 325

mindat Locality ID: 4646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burpala Alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°13'59"N
Longitude: 110°46'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.233055555556,110.76666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAncyliteApatiteAstrophylliteBaddeleyiteBastnäsiteBerylBoraciteBrookiteBurbankite
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteChevkiniteClayCorundumCrichtoniteElpiditeEudialyteFeldspar
FluoriteMicaMonaziteNatroliteNeptuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Boracite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Brookite  (*)
Burpalite  (*)Calciocatapleiite  (*)Calcite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cryolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Elpidite  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hejtmanite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kupletskite  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)Landauite  (*)Låvenite  (*)
Leucophanite  (*)Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganoneptunite  (*)
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Murataite-(Y)  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Neptunite  (*)
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rémondite-(Ce)  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Rutile  (*)Seidozerite  (*)
Senaite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Tainiolite  (*)Thomsenolite  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Vlasovite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O639032501022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O63903250286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)39032508803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO239032502162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O390325092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)23903250295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F3903250161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O639032502060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO23903250238
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F2390325016
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F3903250304
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23903250606
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl390325057
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)3903250115
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23903250700
Burpalite  (*)WöhleriteNa4Ca2Zr2(Si2O7)2F439032505
Calciocatapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteCaZrSi3O9·2H2O39032508
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)390325027770
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O3903250113
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2390325094
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2390325089
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1839032501008
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF6390325050
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O639032504135
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O390325050
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)23903250182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O390325042
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2390325038
Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe2+3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)2390325015
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239032509617
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O390325068
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)390325081
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)23903250209
Hejtmanite  (*)NoneBa2Mn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F2390325010
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)390325056
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339032505433
Kupletskite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F390325033
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2390325063
Landauite  (*)Crichtonite(Na,Pb)(Mn2+,Y)(Zn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe3+,Nb)18(O,OH,F)O3839032505
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4390325058
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F390325055
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O6390325057
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)390325082
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4390325014899
Manganoneptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiMn2+2Ti2Si8O24390325026
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)39032507
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)39032504924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3903250945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)390325038
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O39032501508
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2390325045
Murataite-(Y)  (*)None(Y,Na)6Zn(Zn,Fe3+)4(Ti,Nb,Na)12O29(O,F,OH)10F439032502
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O39032501236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3903250884
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24390325049
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)2390325046
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F2390325089
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2390325039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO33903250244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2390325061156
Rémondite-(Ce)  (*)BurbankiteNa3(Ce,Ca,Na)3(CO3)539032507
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)23903250375
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F4390325042
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239032505614
Seidozerite  (*)NoneNa2Zr2Na2MnTi(Si2O7)2O2F239032509
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38390325028
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl3903250444
Tainiolite  (*)MicaKLiMg2Si4O10F2390325040
Thomsenolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O390325023
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO23903250236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)39032501006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39032504899
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)390325019
Vlasovite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi4O1139032509
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4390325083
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39033005251


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_079390386388±2U/Pb zircon   Zircon  4646Burpala Alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, RussiaMama-Chuya Peg. 1stMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_080332330331±1U/Pb zircon   Zircon  4646Burpala Alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, RussiaMama-Chuya Peg. 2ndMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
ree-00529327325325-327 Ma (various)various       4646Burpala Alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, RussiaBurpalinskii (Burpala)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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