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Locality Name:
50-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 194038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "50-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit, Orsk, 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: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe S Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe S Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39338309052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi39338301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S339338301935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393383027198
Gold  (*)CopperAu393383030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3933830804
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393383039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839338309056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393383021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339338301803


2 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
Kristen002459393383Mid-Devonian (Eifelian/Givetian) Milyanshinskaya Suite age of deposit     Cu, Zn19403850-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia50 Years OctoberHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00587393383Middle Devonian        19403850-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia50 Let OktyabryaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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