Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rodionovskoe Chromite Mine, Ufaley District (Ufalei District), Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 335

mindat Locality ID: 252321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rodionovskoe Chromite Mine, Ufaley District (Ufalei District), Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°7'47"N
Longitude: 60°15'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.129722222222,60.264444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Millerite	None
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Copper ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Kulkeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Talc ()*
Theophrastite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Clay Copper Corrensite Millerite None
Pentlandite Perovskite Serpentine Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	360	335	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	360	335	3250
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	360	335	166
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	360	335	951
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	360	335	82
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	360	335	3846
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	360	335	205
Kulkeite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.3Mg₈Al(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀	360	335	7
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	360	335	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	360	335	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	360	335	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	335	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	360	335	1066
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	360	335	12
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	360	335	3337
Theophrastite ()*	Brucite	Ni(OH)₂	360	335	6
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	360	335	2562

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0076	located 4.5 km north of the village. Cheremshanka

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0076	360	335	360-335		Age of collision		mica							252321	Rodionovskoe Chromite Mine, Ufaley District (Ufalei District), Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Ufaley complex	Nechekhin et al. (2012)		L2_3

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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