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Locality Name:
Udokan Cu Deposit (Udokanskoe), Udokan, Kodar–Udokan District, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2100

mindat Locality ID: 2778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Udokan Cu Deposit (Udokanskoe), Udokan, Kodar–Udokan District, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°35'0"N
Longitude: 118°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.583333333333,118.5
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 C Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BournoniteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDigeniteMalachite
MarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
Valleriite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S421002100088
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42100210005516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32100210001089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62100210001633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2100210005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS221002100027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS210021000966
Copper  (*)CopperCu2100210003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2100210004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2100210002970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2210021000179
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21002100024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21002100030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O321002100014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32100210005433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4210021000249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O421002100014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)221002100012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22100210005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22100210005800
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4210021000131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221002100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82100210009056
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4210021000249
Silver  (*)CopperAg2100210005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21002100021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS210021000332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132100210001803
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]210021000237


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
sedcu-0058421002100L. Proterozoic       Cu2778Udokan Cu Deposit (Udokanskoe), Udokan, Kodar–Udokan District, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaUdokanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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