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Locality Name:
Gay, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 193979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gay, Orenburg Oblast, Russia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gay Mt
Gayskoe Zn-Cu Deposit (Gayskoye; Gaiskoye)
Ishkinino Co-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 51°28'11"N
Longitude: 58°29'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.469722222222,58.49
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 Br C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteBruciteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteGypsumLöllingiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMeloniteMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtiteWurtzite

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Belogubite  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Bonattite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kalinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Krutovite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Montbrayite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Muthmannite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S40838811031132793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe4083881103113489
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44443701103114708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44437011031149052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)408388110311311547
Belogubite  (*)ChalcanthiteCuZn(SO4)2·10H2O40838811031131
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15408388110311345
Bonattite  (*)NoneCu(SO4)·3H2O408388110311321
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440838811031135516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)24443701103114462
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe24083881103113361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)444370110311427770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4083881103113925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40838811031135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24443882103113,10311427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl40838811031131382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O444437011031143902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44443701103114951
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4443701103114966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe4083881103113169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS40838811031134165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34444331103114802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S40838811031131027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)40837011031128173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS408388110311324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)40838811031137437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4443702103113,10311430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40838811031136890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te4083881103113804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640838811031132228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O408388110311354
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe84083881103113111
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2444370110311411
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44443701103114359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs24443701103114762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)4443701103114451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4444370110311414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24443702103113,1031145674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4083881103113915
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38408388110311319
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2408388110311317380
Muthmannite  (*)NoneAuAgTe240838811031137
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs4443701103114633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4443701103114767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24083881103113247
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S844437011031141512
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2408388110311323
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe24083881103113409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24443702103113,10311439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)24083881103113771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844437011031149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24443703103112,103113,10311461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs24443701103114233
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4444370110311464
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs24443701103114317
Silver  (*)CopperAg40838811031135186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4443882103113,10311421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS40838811031132045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe44083881103113337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)244437011031143337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te34083881103113276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1340838811031131803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340838811031135317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2408388110311346
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S44443701103114380


4 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
Kristen002463408393Early Devonian (Emsian-patulus zone) age of deposit     Cu, Zn193979Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaGaiHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00763408388Early- Middle Devonian (Emsian-Eifelian)        175692Gayskoe Zn-Cu Deposit (Gayskoye; Gaiskoye), Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaGaiskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
Kristen002462444433Silurian (Llandovery) age of deposit     Cu, Zn193980Ishkinino Co-Cu Deposit, Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaIshkininoHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
L70_39-00002400370400 to 380-370        193980Ishkinino Co-Cu Deposit, Gay, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaIshkininoTesalina et al. (2003)10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00090-2L70_39 

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