Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 375
Youngest recorded age at locality: 375

mindat Locality ID: 146341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arkhyz Deposit
Bechasyn Plateau
Djalankol
Dombai
Kti-Teberda W Deposit
Urup Cu Deposit
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District

Latitude: 43°39'29"N
Longitude: 41°18'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.658055555556,41.316388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Germanite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Galena ()*	Germanocolusite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Witherite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Germanite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	375	375	1	102299	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	102298	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	375	375	2	102292,102299	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	375	375	1	102299	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	375	375	1	102299	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	375	375	3	102292,102295,102299	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	375	375	1	102299	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	375	375	3	102295,102298,102299	27198
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	102293	90
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	102293	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	375	375	3	102295,102298,102299	24243
Germanocolusite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃VGe₃S₁₆	375	375	1	102299	5
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	375	375	1	102299	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	375	375	1	102299	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	375	375	1	102299	804
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	375	375	1	102299	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	375	375	1	102299	14899
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	375	375	1	102299	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	375	375	1	102299	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	375	375	3	102298,102299,102301	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	102298	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	102292,102298	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	375	375	1	102299	37
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	102298	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	375	375	3	102295,102298,102299	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	375	375	1	102299	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	375	375	1	102299	1803
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			2	102292,102295	251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00813	375	375	Middle-Upper Devonian										S	16561	Urup Cu Deposit, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia	Urup	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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