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Locality Name:
Pechenga Ni-Cu Ore Field, Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2032
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1922

mindat Locality ID: 188445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pechenga Ni-Cu Ore Field, Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bragino Ore Occurrence
Kammikivi Deposit
Kaula Deposit
Kierdzhipor Deposit
Kotselvaara Deposit
Pilgujärvi Deposit
Souker Deposit
Sputnik-Verkhnee Deposit
Yuzhnoe Deposit

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 B Ba Be Bi Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAuricuprideAxiniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCrichtoniteCubaniteEpidoteHumiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
MonaziteNickelineNolaniteNonePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalcTivaniteUllmanniteWurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atokite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Byrudite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coulsonite  (*)
Crichtonite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Davidite-(Ce)  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyzylkumite  (*)Lindsleyite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nolanite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)Senaite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tivanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22032192203419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe198519851103013489
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4203219220708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1985198511030139052
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn19851985029
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2203219220260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19851985110301311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42032192205516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb203219220175
Byrudite  (*)Humite(Be,   )(V3+,Ti)3O61985198511030132
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2198519854103013,103016,103017,10301827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41985198511030133902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4203219220951
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS198519851103013966
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O419851985110301316
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3819851985110301327
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3198519851103018802
Davidite-(Ce)  (*)CrichtoniteCe(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)381985198511030135
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)3819851985110301331
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61985198511030184135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2032192208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19851985110301324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19851985110301330554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te198519851103013804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31985198511030135433
Kyzylkumite  (*)NoneTi2V3+O5(OH)1985198511030133
Lindsleyite  (*)Crichtonite(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O3819851985110301312
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4203219220359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)203219220451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420321922014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21985198511030135674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8203219220161
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2198519850155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe198519850114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2032192201066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21985198511030135800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)198519851103013945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220321922017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs203219220633
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)219851985110301319
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS203219220767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8198519855103013,103016,103017,103018,1030201512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22032192201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219851985110301339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8198519857103013,103016,103017,103018,103019,103020,1030219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220321922061156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O20321922055
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3819851985110301328
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2198519850337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19851985110301321482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4198519851103013337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22032192203337
Tivanite  (*)TivaniteTiV3+O3(OH)1985198511030133
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22032192202562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2032192201044



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_697Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


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
EG105_1057_021198519851985       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru188445Pechenga Ni-Cu Ore Field, Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaPechengaBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_697203219221977±55 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu188445Pechenga Ni-Cu Ore Field, Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaPechengaHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).


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