Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2072
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2048

mindat Locality ID: 18604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°16'48"N
Longitude: 119°10'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.28,119.18

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chukhrovite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gagarinite	Mica
Monazite	None	Parisite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Weberite	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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sn Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sn Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Astrophyllite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chukhrovite Clay
Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Gadolinite Gagarinite Mica
Monazite None Parisite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Weberite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Bafertisite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chiolite ()*
Chukhrovite-(Y) ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cryolite ()*	Elpasolite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorannite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluornatrocoulsellite ()*	Fluoro-riebeckite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gagarinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Gearksutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hejtmanite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Neighborite ()*
Pachnolite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Prosopite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Siderite ()*	Simmonsite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thomsenolite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tveitite-(Y) ()*	Usovite ()*
Weberite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2072	2048	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2072	2048	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2072	2048	356
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2072	2048	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	2072	2048	161
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	2072	2048	16
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2072	2048	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	2072	2048	304
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2072	2048	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2072	2048	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2072	2048	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2072	2048	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2072	2048	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2072	2048	27198
Chiolite ()*	None	Na₅Al₃F₁₄	2072	2048	5
Chukhrovite-(Y) ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₃YAl₂(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	2072	2048	3
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2072	2048	518
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	2072	2048	50
Elpasolite ()*	Perovskite	K₂NaAlF₆	2072	2048	16
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2072	2048	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2072	2048	196
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	2072	2048	45
Fluorannite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	2072	2048	4
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2072	2048	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2072	2048	9617
Fluornatrocoulsellite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Ca_0.5)(Mg_1.5Al_0.5)F₆F	2072	2048	3
Fluoro-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂F₂	2072	2048	2
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2072	2048	163
Gagarinite-(Y) ()*	Gagarinite	NaCaYF₆	2072	2048	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2072	2048	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	2072	2048	68
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2072	2048	7437
Hejtmanite ()*	None	Ba₂Mn²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	2072	2048	10
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	2072	2048	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2072	2048	5433
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	2072	2048	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2072	2048	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2072	2048	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2072	2048	945
Neighborite ()*	Perovskite	NaMgF₃	2072	2048	17
Pachnolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	2072	2048	18
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	2072	2048	112
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	2072	2048	89
Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2072	2048	14
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	2072	2048	39
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	2072	2048	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2072	2048	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2072	2048	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2072	2048	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2072	2048	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2072	2048	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	2072	2048	353
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2072	2048	6417
Simmonsite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂LiAlF₆	2055	2055	2
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2072	2048	21482
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	2072	2048	23
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2072	2048	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2072	2048	4899
Tveitite-(Y) ()*	None	(Y,Na)₆(Ca,Na,REE)₁₂(Ca,Na)F₄₂	2072	2048	8
Usovite ()*	None	Ba₂CaMgAl₂F₁₄	2072	2048	3
Weberite ()*	Weberite	Na₂MgAlF₇	2072	2048	13
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2072	2048	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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-0115	2072	2060	2066 ± 6	U-Pb	ages of alkaline granite crystallization	zircon		Zircon		18604	Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit)	Kotov et al. (2015)	10.1134/S1028334X15070107	DES463_663
Alexandra-0116	2062	2048	2055 ± 7	U-Pb	ages of alkaline granite crystallization	zircon	KTG–241	Zircon		18604	Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit)	Kotov et al. (2015)	10.1134/S1028334X15070107	DES463_663
Grew_Li_2019_0099	2055	2055	2055						Simmonsite	18604	Katugin Ta-Nb Deposit (Katuginskoye Deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Katugin deposit, Chitinskaya Oblast, Transbaikalia, Russia	Kotov et al. (2015)	10.1134/S1028334X15070107	DES463_663

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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