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Locality Name:
Chergak Deposit, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 420
Youngest recorded age at locality: 412

mindat Locality ID: 265841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chergak Deposit, Tuva, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°0'0"N
Longitude: 91°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51,91
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteMicaNonePerovskitePyrite
QuartzSkutteruditeTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS42041209052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)420412027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2420412027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4204120966
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2420412017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4204120767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2420412039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2420412061156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs34204120531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1342041201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1342041205317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)242041202562


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
Alexandra-0010420412416 ± 4U-PbAge of intrusion      265841Chergak Deposit, Tuva, RussiaChergakskoeTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 

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