Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 189244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lastochka U-Mo Deposit
Merekski Ore District

Latitude: 51°21'0"N
Longitude: 134°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.35,134.5

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Be Ca F H K Mo Na O S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Quartz Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcurmolite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100.5	66	1	102344	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	100.5	66	1	102344	4286
Calcurmolite ()*	None	(Ca_1-xNa_x)₂(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)_6-x·nH₂O	100.5	66	1	102343	10
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	100.5	66	1	102344	5171
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	100.5	66	1	102343	9617
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100.5	66	2	102343,102344	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100.5	66	1	102344	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100.5	66	1	102344	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001028	Part of a series of stockwork-vein type deposits found in the former Soviet Union, found in the massifs of Tien-Shan and Transbaykalia of the Ural-Mongolian fold belt and in the Burein massif of the Pacific belt.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00001028	100.5	66	Late Cretaceous		Deposits formation is thought to coincide with the final stages of volcanic processes in the late Cretaceous.								U	241826	Lastochka U-Mo Deposit, Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia	Lastochka Deposit	Laverov et al. (1992)	10.1080/00206819209465621	IGR34_549	Ages are associated with volcanic processes found in the area.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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