Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 265658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Upper Seymchan Deposit
Vetrovy Occurrence
Vetvisty Occurrence
Volochek Occurrence

Latitude: 63°15'14"N
Longitude: 151°25'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.253888888889,151.425

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.

Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Epidote
Fluorite	Löllingite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Breithauptite ()*
Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Guanajuatite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Krennerite ()*	Matildite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Ni O S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Epidote
Fluorite Löllingite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Skutterudite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	150	105	0		62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	150	105	1	102710	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	150	105	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	150	105	0		1935
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	150	105	0		175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	150	105	0		27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	150	105	0		91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	105	1	102707	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	150	105	2	102707,102710	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	105	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	105	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	150	105	1	102710	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	150	105	0		131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	150	105	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	150	105	0		2812
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	150	105	0		37
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	150	105	0		804
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	150	105	0		54
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	150	105	0		50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	150	105	0		86
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	150	105	0		111
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	150	105	0		252
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	150	105	0		1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	105	0		17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	150	105	0		633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	150	105	0		176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	150	105	1	102710	767
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	150	105	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	150	105	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	105	2	102707,102710	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	105	2	102707,102710	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	105	2	102707,102710	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	150	105	0		233
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	150	105	0		6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	150	105	0		531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	105	2	102707,102710	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	150	105	0		668
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	150	105	0		510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	105	0		5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	150	105	0		83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	150	150	0		5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	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-0042	146	146	146	Ar-Ar	Age of intrusion			Co, Ag, Bi, As, Te, Se	265658	Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia	Seymchan	Goryachev et al. (2014)	10.1134/S1075701514050055	GOD56_322	The upper chronological limit of the superposed mineralization (4 stages of ore mineralization)
Alexandra-0043	150	150	150	U-Pb	Age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	Co, Ag, Bi, As, Te, Se	265658	Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia	Seymchan	Goryachev et al. (2014)	10.1134/S1075701514050055	GOD56_322	The upper chronological limit of the superposed mineralization (4 stages of ore mineralization)
Alexandra-0044	105	105	105	K-Ar	Age of intrusion			Co, Ag, Bi, As, Te, Se	265658	Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia	Seymchan	Goryachev et al. (2014)	10.1134/S1075701514050055	GOD56_322	The upper chronological limit of the superposed mineralization (4 stages of ore mineralization)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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