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Locality Name:
Adygea, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 146340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adygea, Russia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Belorechenskoe Deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka)
Caucasus Mts

Latitude: 44°5'49"N
Longitude: 40°18'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.096944444444,40.305
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: 

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)35629111014108803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35629111014102734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235629111014103092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3562911101410445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)43562911101410246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35629111014103250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3562911101410379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O33562911101410231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35629111014109052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O35629111014101272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235629111014105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)356291110141011547
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb3562911101410175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635629111014101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)356291110141027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35629111014104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35629111014105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2356291110141027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35629111014102600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3562911101410566
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163562911101410227
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3562911101410366
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S83562911101410126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43562911101410651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235629111014109895
Dymkovite  (*)SeeliteNi(UO2)2(As3+O3)2·7H2O35629111014101
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35629111014102740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235629111014109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS356291110141024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35629111014107437
Graphite  (*)NoneC35629111014102812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35629111014106890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O43562911101410350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3356291110141014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O35629111014101689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O3562911101410103
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635629111014102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435629111014105591
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2356291110141011
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2356291110141012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235629111014105674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3562911101410915
Metarauchite  (*)AutuniteNi(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O35629111014106
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O3562911101410182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35629111014104924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35629111014101066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235629111014105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2356291110141017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3562911101410633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33562911101410176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3562911101410767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2356291110141052
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3562911101410124
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O3562911101410105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O356291110141099
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63562911101410477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33562911101410733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335629111014101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2356291110141039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3356291110141084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835629111014109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2356291110141061156
Rabbittite  (*)NoneCa3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18H2O35629111014106
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs23562911101410233
Rauchite  (*)AutuniteNi(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O35629111014101
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3562911101410712
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O356291110141016
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O3562911101410128
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35629111014101153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3562911101410292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35629111014106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg35629111014105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS356291110141021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335629111014103418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)3562911101410589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35629111014102045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O356291110141092
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3562911101410293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO235629111014102718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS23562911101410106
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S43562911101410380
Zellerite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O356291110141015


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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