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Locality Name:
Tannu-Ola Range, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 117
Youngest recorded age at locality: 116

mindat Locality ID: 146342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tannu-Ola Range, Tuva, Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chaakhol REE-Sr-Ba-Fe-fluorite Deposit
Choza-Ulatai District
Despenskiy Cluster
Karasug REE-Sr-Ba-Fe-fluorite Deposit

Latitude: 51°11'28"N
Longitude: 92°6'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.191111111111,92.111944444444

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O Pd Pt S Si Sn Sr Te U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe Ni Pd Pt S Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluorite
MalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzSpinel
Tikhonenkovite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Karasugite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Taimyrite-I  (*)
Telargpalite  (*)Tikhonenkovite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22104089,1040963092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2104089,10409611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411040955516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2104089,10409627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2104089,1040961252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11040955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110409527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11040954165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21171163104089,104094,1040969617
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O110409668
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2104089,1040967437
Gold  (*)CopperAu110409530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32104089,10409614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1171160804
Karasugite  (*)NoneSrCaAlF711040961
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110409514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110409512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22104089,1040965800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21171160133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22104089,10409617380
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn117116038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811711601512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23104089,104095,10409639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811711609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23104089,104095,10409661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1171163104089,104094,1040966417
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4117116024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21171160337
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1104096589
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4117116011
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te117116018
Tikhonenkovite  (*)TikhonenkoviteSrAlF4(OH)·H2O11040961
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22104089,1040962718



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
Co-00081117116        Co194117Choza-Ulatai District, Tannu-Ola Range, Tuva, Russia Tretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 


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