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Locality Name:
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 388

mindat Locality ID: 19429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°21'26"N
Longitude: 83°32'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.357222222222,83.54

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 Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H In K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H In K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteEnargiteEpsomiteMalachiteMeloniteMicaNolanite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Enargite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Indium  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S40838802793
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S2408388028
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)40838802734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40838809052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64083880919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)240838805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)408388011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)64083880132
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi40838801966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)4083880716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440838805516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS340838801089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)640838801633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe24083880361
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)40838804979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40838805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2408388027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl40838801382
Copper  (*)CopperCu40838803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS40838804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O40838802970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44083880910
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)2408388086
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS408388024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu408388030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O4083880188
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te34083880104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te4083880804
Indium  (*)NoneIn40838809
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640838802228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2408388012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2408388017380
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3408388057
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64083880477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2408388039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO240838803106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2408388061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg40838805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)40838802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS408388021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS44083880586
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S4083880510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340838805317



2 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
vms-00611408393Lower Devonian (Emsian)        19429Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanNovo-LeninogorskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00617408388Lower-Middle Devonian (Emsian-early Eifelian)        19429Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanRidder-Sokol’noeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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