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Locality Name:
Urup Cu Deposit, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 375
Youngest recorded age at locality: 375

mindat Locality ID: 16561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16561.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urup Cu Deposit, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°52'0"N
Longitude: 41°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.866666666667,41.166666666667
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: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge Mo O Pb S Sn Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge Mo O Pb S Sn Te V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGermaniteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanocolusite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Renierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S37537502793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)375375011547
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15375375045
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS437537505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)375375027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S37537505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2375375027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS375375024243
Germanocolusite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VGe3S1637537505
Gold  (*)CopperAu375375030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3375375014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3753750804
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS43753750198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4375375014899
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8375375092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS237537505800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2375375039462
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16375375037
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS375375021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3753750332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1337537501803


1 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
vms-00813375375Middle-Upper Devonian       S16561Urup Cu Deposit, Karachay-Cherkessia, RussiaUrupMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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