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Locality Name:
Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe), Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 185841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe), Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Uzelga-4

Latitude: 54°7'11"N
Longitude: 59°19'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.119722222222,59.329722222222
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 Hg K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Krennerite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S39338302793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe3933831101849489
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)339338301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39338311018499052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393383011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439338805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393383027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393388110184927198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe3933831101849169
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239338309895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39338308173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F39338302740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239338309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393383024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu393383110184930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39338306890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393383014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3933831101849804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339338305433
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe83933830111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4393383110184914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239338305674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS239338305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393383017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe23933831101849409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393383110184939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839338311018499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393383061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39338311018496417
Silver  (*)CopperAg39338305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393388021482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)393383110184992
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe43933831101849337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe3933831101849190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te33933831101849276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339338811018491803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339338811018495317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39338301025


2 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
Kristen002474393388Mid-Devonian (Eifelian-australis/kokelianus zone) age of deposit     Cu, Zn185841Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe), Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaUzelgaHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00815393383Middle Devonian        185841Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe), Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaUzelginskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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