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Locality Name:
Gayskoe Zn-Cu Deposit (Gayskoye; Gaiskoye), Gay, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 175692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-175692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gayskoe Zn-Cu Deposit (Gayskoye; Gaiskoye), Gay, Orenburg Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°28'11"N
Longitude: 58°29'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.469722222222,58.49
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 Br Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
GypsumMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Belogubite  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)
Bonattite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Montbrayite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Muthmannite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S40838802793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe4083880489
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)408388011547
Belogubite  (*)ChalcanthiteCuZn(SO4)2·10H2O40838801
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15408388045
Bonattite  (*)NoneCu(SO4)·3H2O408388021
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440838805516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe24083880361
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4083880925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40838805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2408388027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl40838801382
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe4083880169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS40838804165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S40838801027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS408388024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)40838807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu408388030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40838806890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te4083880804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640838802228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O408388054
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe84083880111
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240838805674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4083880915
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38408388019
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2408388017380
Muthmannite  (*)NoneAuAgTe240838807
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24083880247
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2408388023
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe24083880409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2408388039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)24083880771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2408388061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg40838805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS408388021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS40838802045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe44083880337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te34083880276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1340838801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340838805317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2408388046


3 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
Kristen002463408393Early Devonian (Emsian-patulus zone) age of deposit   Yes Cu, Zn193979Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaGaiHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00763408388Early- Middle Devonian (Emsian-Eifelian)        175692Gayskoe Zn-Cu Deposit (Gayskoye; Gaiskoye), Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaGaiskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
L70_39-00002400370400 to 380-370     Yes  193980Ishkinino Co-Cu Deposit, Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaIshkininoTesalina et al. (2003)10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00090-2L70_39 

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