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Locality Name:
Amur Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 146338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amur Oblast, Russia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Berezitovoe (Konstantinovskii)
Berezitovy Mine (Berezitovoe)
Bol'shoy Seyim
Borgulikan Ore Field
Dambuki Ore Cluster
Elginskoe Coal Deposit
Garinskoe
Kirovskoe (Dzhalindinskoe) Deposit
Kun-Manie Nickel Copper Sulphide Deposit
Lenskoye Mo-U Deposit (Novoye)
Magdagachi District
Sychevka Meteorite
Verkhnyaya Selemdzha Gold District
Yasny Creek

Latitude: 54°1'42"N
Longitude: 127°0'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.028333333333,127.01333333333
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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutite
BournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtonite
DiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumIronKaolinite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePolybasite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteWurtziteZircon

106 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cleusonite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Coulsonite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jaskólskiite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mianningite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osmium  (*)
Patrónite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tsnigriite  (*)Tugarinovite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Violarite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2101476,1014962793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)216511014793419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32101477,101496315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1654101479,101499,101500,1015028803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S2110147728
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2101476,101483706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311014762353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2101476,101477489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2101476,1014772734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2101476,1014771036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS7101476,101477,101496,101498,101499,101500,1015029052
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te4110147720
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3101476,101477,1014921966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32101476,1014921935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1101477716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41653101479,101493,1014965516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112101476,101477843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311014771089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22101476,101477361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2101477,10148927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11014871184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22101476,1014775171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2101476,1014774979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2101476,101477925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3101476,101477,1014935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21659101476,101477,101479,101480,101481,101486,101489,101493,10149627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42101487,1014973902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4101476,101477,101496,1015032600
Cleusonite  (*)CrichtonitePb(U4+,U6+)Fe2+2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)38110148714
Copper  (*)CopperCu3101476,101477,1014963846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52101476,101477344
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O4110148716
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2101476,1014774165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611014834135
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5110147734
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41101496910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1653101476,101477,1014798173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2101476,1014822740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23101476,101477,1014949617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122101477,101496663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42101476,101477445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1658101476,101477,101479,101489,101492,101494,101496,10149824243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231101477133
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1101492131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11014767437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13101476,101477,101484,101485,101488,101489,101492,101496,101498,101499,101500,101502,10150330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2101476,1014772812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2101477,1014966890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34101476,101477,101491,10149614640
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3110149254
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34101476,101477,101478,1014935433
Iron  (*)IronFe11014971089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142101476,101477784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62101476,1014772228
Jaskólskiite  (*)MeneghiniteCuxPb2+x(Sb,Bi)2-xS5 (x ≈ 0.15)110147715
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232101476,101477105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411014965591
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1101480116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41658101476,101477,101478,101479,101480,101491,101493,10149614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22101476,10147712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23101476,101477,1014965674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21101477252
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S242101476,101477158
Mianningite  (*)Crichtonite(   ,Pb,Ce,Na)(U4+,Mn,U6+)Fe3+2(Ti,Fe3+)18O383101482,101483,1014875
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21657101476,101477,101479,101489,101492,101494,1014965800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21101493133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21654101476,101477,101479,10149617380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1101493633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2101476,1014772349
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1101480169
Patrónite  (*)NoneVS42101476,1014778
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S84101480,101481,101486,1014931512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1101480485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1101496716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22101476,1014771898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31101496733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311014961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216513101476,101477,101479,101480,101489,101493,101494,101496,101498,101499,101500,101501,10150239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S88101476,101477,101480,101481,101486,101489,101493,1014969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216101476,101477,101481,101484,101485,101486,101488,101489,101492,101494,101496,101498,101499,101500,101502,10150361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21652101479,1014835614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4101476,101477,101480,1014924894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1101497374
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11014771153
Silver  (*)CopperAg11014965186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2101476,1014772473
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs22101480,101493337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311014761214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1655101476,101477,101479,101494,10149621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42101476,101477668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311014963418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211014933337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31101477276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133101476,101477,1014961803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1101477510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311014775317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4101476,101482,101483,1014874899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11014971044
Tsnigriite  (*)NoneAg9SbTe3S311014774
Tugarinovite  (*)RutileMoO211014945
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1101487628
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1101492293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24101482,101483,101487,1014942718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1101487890
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41101493380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4101476,101482,101493,1014945251


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
PorphCu-00368165middle–late Miocene      Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu206156Borgulikan Ore Field, Amur Oblast, RussiaBorgulikanSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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