Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 794
Youngest recorded age at locality: 684

mindat Locality ID: 109722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°30'0"N
Longitude: 110°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.5,110
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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAphthitaliteArsenicAuricuprideBarringeriteBruciteCalciteCalzirtiteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCubaniteFluoriteLöllingiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxeneRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
Spurrite-AfwilliteStillwateriteTetradymiteTobermoriteVesuvianiteWurtziteWöhlerite

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Atheneite  (*)Atokite  (*)Augite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dovyrenite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)
Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Majakite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)
Merwinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Potarite  (*)Mertieite-I  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sudburyite  (*)
Taimyrite-I  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tazheranite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O794684041
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)794684015
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn794684029
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O679468402060
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O479468408
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi79468401966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS479468405516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)27946840462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)794684027770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16794684032
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2794684027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe7946840281
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S37946840802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O679468404135
Dovyrenite  (*)NoneCa6Zr(Si2O7)2(OH)479468402
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F79468402740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)79468401188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2794684019
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS794684024243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2794684038
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8794684040
Gold  (*)CopperAu794684030554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S27946840205
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH7946840367
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH794684022
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O379468405433
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe7946840128
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)7946840116
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3794684030
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)7946840451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4794684014899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs794684022
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe794684023
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As87946840161
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5794684044
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2794684023
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS279468405800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)27946840133
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)7946840153
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb794684011
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs7946840633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As37946840176
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn794684038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S879468401512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO37946840495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)279468402273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt7946840485
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)794684028
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg794684025
Mertieite-I  (*)NonePd5+x(Sb,As)2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)79468409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2794684039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S879468409056
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs27946840233
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn794684034
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs27946840317
Silver  (*)CopperAg79468405186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs27946840337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS794684021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O479468401934
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb794684046
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4794684011
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16794684035
Tazheranite  (*)Fluorite(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,   )279468408
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu794684030
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe794684066
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS79468401044
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe794684048
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1079468401395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S47946840380
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb794684032


3 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
Deep-Dive-other-00039731.8725728.4±3.4        109722Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaYoko-Dovyren massifPolyakov et al. (2013)10.1016/j.rgg.2013.10.008RG54_1319 
DeepDive-Co-0007725725725 proposed age for ore-forming related Dovyren-Kingash LIP in southern Sideria      109722Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaYoko-Dovyren massifPolyakov et al. (2013)10.1016/j.rgg.2013.10.008RG54_1319proposed age for ore-forming related Dovyren-Kingash LIP in southern Sideria
Hg-00112794684 Rb-Sr     AtheneiteHg109722Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia Kislov et al. (1989); Kislov (2005)   

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