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Locality Name:
Belorechenskoe Deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka), Adygea, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 356
Youngest recorded age at locality: 291

mindat Locality ID: 12451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belorechenskoe Deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka), Adygea, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°9'14"N
Longitude: 40°10'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.153888888889,40.180277777778
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumDevillineDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSeeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurSymplesiteUllmanniteVivianiteXanthoconiteZircon

82 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dymkovite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krutovite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metarauchite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rabbittite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rauchite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rösslerite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Zellerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35629108803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35629102734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235629103092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3562910445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)43562910246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35629103250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3562910379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O33562910231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35629109052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O35629101272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235629105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)356291011547
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb3562910175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635629101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)356291027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35629104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35629105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2356291027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35629102600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3562910566
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163562910227
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3562910366
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S83562910126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43562910651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235629109895
Dymkovite  (*)SeeliteNi(UO2)2(As3+O3)2·7H2O35629101
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35629102740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235629109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS356291024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35629107437
Graphite  (*)NoneC35629102812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35629106890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O43562910350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3356291014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O35629101689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O3562910103
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635629102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435629105591
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2356291011
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2356291012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235629105674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3562910915
Metarauchite  (*)AutuniteNi(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O35629106
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O3562910182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35629104924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35629101066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235629105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2356291017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3562910633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33562910176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3562910767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2356291052
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3562910124
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O3562910105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O356291099
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63562910477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33562910733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335629101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2356291039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3356291084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835629109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2356291061156
Rabbittite  (*)NoneCa3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18H2O35629106
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs23562910233
Rauchite  (*)AutuniteNi(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O35629101
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3562910712
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O356291016
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O3562910128
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35629101153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3562910292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35629106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg35629105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS356291021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335629103418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)3562910589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35629102045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O356291092
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3562910293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO235629102718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS23562910106
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S43562910380
Zellerite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O356291015


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
Alexandra-0073311291301 ± 10K-ArAge of rockhornblende     12451Belorechenskoe Deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka), Adygea, RussiaDakhov SalientSomin et al. (2007)10.1134/S1028334X07070082DES416_1018 
Alexandra-0074356350353 ± 3U-PbAge of metamorphismzircon2041-3a  Zircon  12451Belorechenskoe Deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka), Adygea, RussiaDakhov SalientSomin et al. (2007)10.1134/S1028334X07070082DES416_1018the lower age limit for the metamorphism of rocks. This estimate is considered the crystallization age of the parental melts for the metaaplites.

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