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Locality Name:
Dal'negorsk B Deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 205300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dal'negorsk B Deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bor Pit (Boron Pit; Bor Quarry)
Danburitovyi Mine (Danburite Mine; Danburity Mine; "B" Open Pit)

Latitude: 44°33'10"N
Longitude: 135°35'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.552777777778,135.58638888889

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 As B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteArsenicArsenoliteAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteDanburiteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetIlvaiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dalnegorskite  (*)
Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibarsen  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)366632103208,1032091534
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb66631103208363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs66631103208379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O366631103208231
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)266631103208260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)26663110320988
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi666311032081966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)66632103208,10320927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266632103208,10320927198
Dalnegorskite  (*)WollastoniteCa5Mn(Si3O9)2666311032081
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O866632103208,103209148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)66632103208,103209498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6666304135
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O66632103208,103209303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF266632103208,1032099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS66632103208,10320924243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3666311032081544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O666632103208,103209741
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)66631103208197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O66663110320873
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)666311032092349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26663110320839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO266632103208,10320961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS66632103208,10320921482
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs6663110320848
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3666311032091247



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
sedznpb-00380666366–63     Yes  2635Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, RussiaDal’negorskoeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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