Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Malyi Mukulan Sn Mine, Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 19357
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19357.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malyi Mukulan Sn Mine, Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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: C Ca Cu H Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcanthite Epsomite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Huntite ()*
Malachite ()*	Sergeevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	542	251	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	542	251	925
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	542	251	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	542	251	6890
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	542	251	69
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	542	251	12537
Sergeevite ()*	None	Ca₂Mg₁₁(CO₃)₉(HCO₃)₄(OH)₄·6H₂O	542	251	2

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_519	The Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit in the Northern Caucasus underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.

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
	Michelle_519	542	251	Paleozoic		Age of metamorphism					Yes		Scheelite	W, Mo	276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Gramenitskiy (2016)	10.1134/S1075701516050056	GOD58_442	The deposit underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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