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Locality Name:
Aidyrlya Gold Deposit, Aidyrlya River, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 2793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aidyrlya Gold Deposit, Aidyrlya River, Orenburg 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

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: Al Au Co Fe H K Ni O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Co Fe H K Ni O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneClayCopperIronMicaNoneQuartzRocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Bunsenite  (*)Gold  (*)Iron  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Wairauite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O4192990470
Bunsenite  (*)RocksaltNiO41929908
Gold  (*)CopperAu419299030554
Iron  (*)IronFe41929901089
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2419299017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419299061156
Wairauite  (*)IronCoFe419299016



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Kristen002451Aidyrlya part of VMS deposit located in the East Uralian back arc


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
Kristen002451419299Devonian to Carboniferous island arc volcanism (Devonian) and collision (Devonian to Carboniferous)      2793Aidyrlya Gold Deposit, Aidyrlya River, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaVMS Deposit of UralsMaslennikov et al. (2012)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.03.008OGR47_5 


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