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Locality Name:
Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 146335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sakmara Zone

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O P Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDigenite
EnargiteGypsumKieseriteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Avdoninite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Destinezite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Isocubanite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe4444331103123489
Avdoninite  (*)NoneK2Cu5Cl8(OH)4·2H2O44443311031225
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)440440110312311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444443311031235516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4444331103122925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44443311031225707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24444332103122,10312327198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe4444331103123169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4444332103122,1031234165
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O444433110312219
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S44443311031231027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44444331103122910
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O4444331103122107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4444332103122,10312324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu444433110312330554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13444433110312372
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44443311031226890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3444433110312314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te4444331103123804
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S34444331103123191
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)644443311031222228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24444332103122,1031235674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4444331103122915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24444332103122,10312317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24444332103122,10312339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24444332103122,10312361156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O4444331103122293
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4444332103122,10312321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS44443311031222045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe44444331103123337
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O4444331103122139
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe4444331103123190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te34444331103123276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134444332103122,1031231803
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4444331103123372


5 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
Kristen002454444433Silurian (Llandovery) age of deposit     Cu, Zn146335Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaKomsomolskoyeHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
sedcu-00598250250U. Permian       Cu195169Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaSakmaraCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Kristen002455444433Silurian (Llandovery) age of deposit     Cu, Zn19578Blyava Cu Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaBlyavaHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
Kristen002456444433Silurian (Llandovery) age of deposit     Cu, Zn194046Yaman-Kasy Cu-Zn Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaYaman KasyHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00822440440Early Silurian (Llandovery)       S194046Yaman-Kasy Cu-Zn Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaYaman-KasyMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061024Blyava Cu Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R061024

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