Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vuruchuaivench Prospect, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2490

mindat Locality ID: 205267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vuruchuaivench Prospect, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Epidote	Isomertieite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Majakite ()*
Menshikovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stillwaterite ()*	Törnroosite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Epidote Isomertieite Melonite Millerite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Stillwaterite Ullmannite

23 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	2490	2490	3419
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2490	2490	31
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2490	2490	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2490	2490	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2490	2490	966
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2490	2490	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2490	2490	804
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2490	2490	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2490	2490	116
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	2490	2490	22
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	2490	2490	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2490	2490	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2490	2490	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2490	2490	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2490	2490	133
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2490	2490	767
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2490	2490	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2490	2490	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2490	2490	337
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2490	2490	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2490	2490	24
Törnroosite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁As₂Te₂	2490	2490	4
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2490	2490	1025

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
	EG105_1057_028	2490	2490	2490							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	23273	Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Monchegorsk	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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