Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2190
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1797.3

mindat Locality ID: 18202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baddeleyite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Scheelite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2190	1797.3	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2190	1797.3	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2190	1797.3	2162
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	2000	1900	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2190	1797.3	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2190	1797.3	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2190	1797.3	9895
Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Scheelite	CeNbO₄·0.3H₂O	2190	1797.3	16
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2190	1797.3	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2190	1797.3	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2190	1797.3	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2190	1797.3	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2190	1797.3	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2190	1797.3	884
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1820	1820	2273
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	2190	1797.3	27
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2190	1797.3	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2190	1820	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001060	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular bodies and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Olivinite, pyroxenite, peridotite, melteigite, ijolite, tveitåsite, nepheline syenite, peralkaline syenite and fenite.
Jen_0001061	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular bodies and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Olivinite, pyroxenite, peridotite, melteigite, ijolite, tveitåsite, nepheline syenite, peralkaline syenite and fenite.

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0381	1810.7	1797.3	1804 ± 6.7	U-Pb	Age of alkaline magmatism				18202	Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine	Chernigіvka Massif	Ponomarenko et al. (2013)	10.2478/mipo-2013-0008	M44_115
Alexandra-0382	2000	1900	2000-1900		Age of alkaline magmatism			Baddeleyite	18202	Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine	Chernigіvka Massif	Ponomarenko et al. (2013)	10.2478/mipo-2013-0008	M44_115
Jen_0001060	1820	1820	1820	K-Ar		phlogopite	Phlogopite		18202	Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine	Chernigovskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001061	2190	1820		U-Pb		zircon	Zircon		18202	Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine	Chernigovskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00644	2190	1820	1820 - 2190 Ma						18202	Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine	Chernigovskii (Novopoltavskii)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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