Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1459
Youngest recorded age at locality: 453

mindat Locality ID: 193196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Belaya Zima REE-Nb Deposit
Kingash
Kuskanak Complex
Lysanskiy Dunite-peridotite-gabbro Complex
Ol'khovskoye Ore Field

Latitude: 54°46'44"N
Longitude: 94°25'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.778888888889,94.424166666667

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.

Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Parisite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Tridymite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K La Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Sm Sn Ta Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Arsenopyrite Auricupride Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Parisite Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Tridymite Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite Wöhlerite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bornite ()*	Cabriite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Copper ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Ferhodsite ()*
Fersmite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridarsenite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Moncheite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nickeline ()*	Paolovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*

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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1459	453	1	104080	489
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	104079	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	104079	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	104085,104086	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1459	453	1	104080	166
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F			1	104079	30
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1459	453	1	104080	5516
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn	1459	453	1	104080	12
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	104079	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1459	453	3	104080,104085,104086	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1459	453	1	104080	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1459	453	1	104080	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1459	453	1	104080	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1459	453	1	104080	82
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1459	453	1	104080	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1459	453	1	104080	802
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄			1	104079	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	104079	4135
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1459	453	1	104080	110
Ferhodsite ()*	Pentlandite	(Fe,Rh,Ni,Ir,Cu,Co,Pt)_9-xS₈			1	104084	2
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆			1	104079	83
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	104079	9617
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1459	453	1	104080	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1459	453	2	104080,104085	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1459	453	3	104080,104085,104086	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	104086	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1459	453	1	104080	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1459	453	1	104080	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1459	453	1	104080	154
Iridarsenite ()*	None	IrAs₂	1459	453	1	104080	13
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1459	453	1	104080	116
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1459	453	1	104080	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1459	453	2	104079,104080	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1459	453	3	104080,104085,104086	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1459	453	1	104080	161
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	104086	915
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1459	453	2	104080,104081	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1459	453	1	104080	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1459	453	1	104080	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1459	453	1	104080	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1459	453	1	104080	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1459	453	1	104080	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	104079	945
Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Monazite	Sm(PO₄)			1	104079	4
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1459	453	1	104080	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	104085	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	104079	884
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1459	453	1	104080	633
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1459	453	1	104080	38
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1459	453	1	104080	767
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂			1	104079	112
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1459	453	2	104080,104084	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	104079	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	104079	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1459	453	3	104080,104085,104086	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1459	453	4	104079,104080,104085,104086	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	104085,104086	61156
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	1459	453	1	104080	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1459	453	1	104080	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1459	453	2	104080,104085	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1459	453	1	104080	75
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	1459	453	1	104080	35
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1459	453	1	104080	66
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1459	453	1	104080	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1459	453	1	104080	380

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0067	1459	1361	1410 ± 49	Sm-Nd	Age of an ultramafic intrusion	Ks4/77, Ks4/164, Ks1/272, Ks8/83, Ks8/85	9864	Kingash, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia	Kingash	Gertner et al. (2009)	10.1134/S1028334X09090244	DES429_1526	Start of crystallisation
Alexandra-0068	543	453	498 ± 45	Sm-Nd	Age of rock	Ks1/241	9864	Kingash, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia	Kingash	Gertner et al. (2009)	10.1134/S1028334X09090244	DES429_1526	Final stage of metamorphism
Alexandra-0069	953	795	874 ± 79	Sm-Nd	Age of gabbroide intrusion		9864	Kingash, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia	Kingash	Gertner et al. (2009)	10.1134/S1028334X09090244	DES429_1526
Alexandra-0070	911	835	873 ± 38	Sm-Nd	Age of gabbroide intrusion		9864	Kingash, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia	Kingash	Gertner et al. (2009)	10.1134/S1028334X09090244	DES429_1526

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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