Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2507
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2486

mindat Locality ID: 19043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Horizon 330 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 As Bi C Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Se Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Se Si Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SpinelUllmannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Quartz  (*)Sopcheite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Vincentite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42490249005516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4249024900101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25072486027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS224902490027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe250724860281
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS249024900119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32507248605433
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)249024900116
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)250024860451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425072486014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2249024900155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2500248601066
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As24902490037
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225072486061156
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te424902490024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2249024900337
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As24902490017


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_694Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


3 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_028249024902490     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru23273Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaMonchegorskBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_694250024862493±7U-PbAge of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province   Yes Ni2725Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaMonchegorskHoatson 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). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Mo-0004825072490 U-Pb    YesTarkianiteMo2725Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia Bayanova et al. (2009)10.1144/SP323.8GSLSP323_165 

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