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Locality Name:
Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.04
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.84

mindat Locality ID: 192632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mendeleev Volcano (Ruasu-dake)
Prasolovskoe Au Deposit (Prasolovka Deposit)

Latitude: 44°11'6"N
Longitude: 145°53'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.185,145.88611111111
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 Cu Fe H Hg In K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargite
MarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cuzticite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kurilite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Opal  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)Schapbachite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2.041.8411037242793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2.041.841103724489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62.041.842103723,103724966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2.041.8411037249052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2.041.84110372411547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32.041.8411037241935
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe22.041.84110372441
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42.041.8411037245516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22.041.841103724361
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22.041.8411037245171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2.041.8411037245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22.041.84110372427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2.041.8411037232600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2.041.841103724281
Cuzticite  (*)NoneFe3+2Te6+O6·3H2O2.041.8411037242
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42.041.842103723,103724910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2.041.84110372424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2.041.8411037247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2.041.84110372430554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S132.041.84110372472
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32.041.84110372414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2.041.841103724804
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe82.041.841103724111
Kurilite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg8Te3Se2.041.8411037242
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42.041.841103723198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22.041.842103723,1037245674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS2.041.841103723255
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22.041.8411037245800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22.041.84110372417380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2.041.841103724192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2.041.8411037232994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2.041.841103724767
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO22.041.84110372420
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22.041.841103724409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2.041.841103724716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32.041.841103724733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22.041.842103723,10372439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22.041.842103723,10372461156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS22.041.84110372446
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S2.041.84110372414
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe2.041.841103724143
Silver  (*)CopperAg2.041.8411037245186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2.041.84110372421482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)2.041.84110372492
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2.041.8411037232045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42.041.841103724337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO22.041.84110372452
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe2.041.841103724190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32.041.841103724276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132.041.8411037241803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132.041.8411037245317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe2.041.84110372383


1 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
Mo-003082.041.84 K-Ar     MolybdeniteMo125882Prasolovskoe Au Deposit (Prasolovka Deposit), Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia Kovalenker and Plotinskaya (2005) GMP43_118 

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