Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Aunik F-Be Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 19400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aunik F-Be Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°27'0"N
Longitude: 113°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.45,113.25

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Babefphite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al As Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Vesuvianite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	250	250	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	250	250	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	250	250	9052
Babefphite ()*	None	BaBe(PO₄)F	250	250	2
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	250	250	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	250	250	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	250	250	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	250	250	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	250	250	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	250	250	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	250	250	5800
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	250	250	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	250	250	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	250	250	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	250	250	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	250	250	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	250	250	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	250	250	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	250	250	5251

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
	Be-00039	250	250	250			high						Babefphite	Be	19400	Aunik F-Be Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia		Bulnaev (2006)	10.1134/S1075701506040039	GOD48_277

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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