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Locality Name:
Karamken Deposit, Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 18236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karamken Deposit, Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Se Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Se Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArgyroditeCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)161145.5027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6161145.5091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2161145.505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2161145.5027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS161145.502600
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12161145.50663
Gold  (*)CopperAu161145.5030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161145.505591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2161145.5017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se161145.50192
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]161145.50716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2161145.5039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2161145.5061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg161145.505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS161145.5021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4161145.50668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3161145.503418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13161145.501803


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
Hg-00070161145.5 ?-?    YesKolymiteHg20441Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia Volkov et al. (2008)10.1134/S1075701508040028GOD50_275 

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