Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit (Tyrny Auz Deposit), Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.9

mindat Locality ID: 19891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit (Tyrny Auz Deposit), Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°25'0"N
Longitude: 42°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.416666666667,42.75

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	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Matlockite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Ingodite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rickardite ()*	Rorisite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphotsumoite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Tungstenite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xonotlite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Matlockite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetradymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Wöhlerite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	300	5	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	300	5	312
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	300	5	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	300	5	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	300	5	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	300	5	1935
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	300	5	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	5	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	300	5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	5	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	300	5	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	300	5	802
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	300	5	67
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	300	5	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	300	5	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	300	5	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	300	5	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	300	5	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	300	5	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	5	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	300	5	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	300	5	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	300	5	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	300	5	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	300	5	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	5	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	300	5	197
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	300	5	30
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	300	5	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	300	5	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	300	5	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	300	5	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	300	5	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	5	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	300	5	969
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	300	5	52
Rorisite ()*	Matlockite	CaClF	300	5	3
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	300	5	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	300	5	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	5	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	300	5	456
Sulphotsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₃Te₂S	300	5	13
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	300	5	510
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	300	5	100
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	300	5	28
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	300	5	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	300	5	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	300	5	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	300	5	109

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_519	The Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit in the Northern Caucasus underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.
Michelle_533	The Tyrnyauz ore field incorporates relatively young and diverse subvolcanic and plutonic rocks, including the Eldzhurtinsky granite massif. This sample is of Tyrnyauz rhyolite.
Michelle_534	The Tyrnyauz ore field incorporates relatively young and diverse subvolcanic and plutonic rocks, including the Eldzhurtinsky granite massif. This sample is from vitrophyre dykes in rhyolite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
Michelle_519	542	251	Paleozoic		Age of metamorphism			Yes	Scheelite	W, Mo	276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Gramenitskiy (2016)	10.1134/S1075701516050056	GOD58_442	The deposit underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.
Michelle_533	1.95	1.95	1.95	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Crystallization age of neointrusion	biotite, plagioclase, sanidine	Tz 14	Yes			276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Lebedev et al. (2003)		DES396_529	Age of Tyrnyauz rhyolite. It appears to post date the age of the ore mineralization.
Michelle_534	1.95	1.9	1.90–1.95	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Crystallization age of neointrusion	biotite, plagioclase, pyroxene	Tz 11	Yes			276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Lebedev et al. (2003)		DES396_529	Age of the vitrophyre dykes in rhyolite. It appears to post date the age of the ore mineralization.
Alexandra-0055	300	5	300-5	Rb-Sr	Age of rock	garnet, pyroxene				Mo, W	19891	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit (Tyrny Auz Deposit), Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz	Chernyshev et al. (1998)		NRFBR_6	The age of first mineralization of an ore core is 300-260

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