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Locality Name:
Talatui Au Deposit, Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 171
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 194678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talatui Au Deposit, Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°24'2"N
Longitude: 115°23'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.400555555556,115.38388888889
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTitanite
TourmalineZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)
Povondraite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)217115503419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)17115508803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)17115501588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)17115501036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)171155011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417115505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)171155027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2171155027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)817115501756
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21711550327
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1711550648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17115508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS171155024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1711550131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)17115507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu171155030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O17115506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3171155014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41711550407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1711550804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O317115505433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4171155014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS217115505674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21711550252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217115505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2171155017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)17115502349
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O171155024
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)217115502273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3171155057
Povondraite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Fe3+4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O17115507
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2171155039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S817115509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2171155061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217115505614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17115504894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17115502705
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41711550249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS171155021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O17115504899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)217115502562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO217115502718
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31711550297
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)17115505251


4 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-0056171155163 ± 8Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar1028/dr86, 183/dr84, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0057160.8159.8160.3 ± 0.5Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar, biotite1028/dr86, 183/dr84, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0058160.9160.1160.5 ± 0.4Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar, biotite1028/dr86, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1050/dr86 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0059160.5157.5159 ± 1.5K-ArAge of rockbiotite, sericite1/01, 3/01, 1050dr/86, 21m/86, 173dr84, 634dr85, 2 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1 

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