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Locality Name:
Anomaly No. 3, Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 10209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anomaly No. 3, Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Te W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Te W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCopperGarnetMolybdeniteNoneScheeliteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelane
Tetradymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Baksanite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Gold  (*)
Ingodite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sergeevite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)354225101534
Baksanite  (*)TetradymiteBi6Te2S354225104
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S354225101935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)542251027770
Gold  (*)CopperAu542251030554
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS542251030
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2542251050
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4542251014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS254225105800
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)54225104894
Sergeevite  (*)NoneCa2Mg11(CO3)9(HCO3)4(OH)4·6H2O54225102
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O5422510456
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S5422510510


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_519The Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit in the Northern Caucasus underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.


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
Michelle_519542251Paleozoic Age of metamorphism   YesScheeliteW, Mo276093Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, RussiaTyrnyauz Mo-W depositGramenitskiy (2016)10.1134/S1075701516050056GOD58_442The deposit underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.

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