Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aksug Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 780
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 191957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aksug Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuva, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°25'59"N
Longitude: 96°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.433055555556,96.666666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Enargite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	518	362	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	780	20	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	518	362	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	518	362	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	780	20	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	518	362	3846
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	518	362	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	518	362	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	518	362	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	518	362	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	780	20	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	780	20	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	780	20	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	518	362	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	780	20	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	518	362	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	518	362	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	518	362	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
DeepDive-Co-0005	404	401	404-401	Ar-Ar			191957	Aksug Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuva, Russia	Aksug porphyry Cu-Mo deposit	Berzina et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.rgg.2007.07.001	RGG48_656
Mo-00400	780	20	400±380	Ar-Ar	Molybdenite	Mo	191957	Aksug Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuva, Russia		Sotnikov et al. (2001)	10.1016/S0169-1368(01)00018-X	OGR18_95
PorphCu-00217	518	362	518±2 – 511±2 ; (Re-Os); 368±1 – 362±8 (Ar-Ar)		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	191957	Aksug Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuva, Russia	Aksug	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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