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Locality Name:
Uchaly Cu-Zn Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 440
Youngest recorded age at locality: 380

mindat Locality ID: 194030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uchaly Cu-Zn Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, 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
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 As Au Bi Cu Fe Pb S Sb Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe Pb S Sb Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperMeloniteMeneghiniteNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteTetradymiteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Empressite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petrovskaite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S44038002793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS33933880315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe4403800489
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439338805516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe24403800361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393388027198
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe440380043
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123933880663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS440380024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu440380030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te4403800804
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]3933880249
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS44038009
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe24403800409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2440380039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844038009056
Silver  (*)CopperAg44038005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393388021482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe4403800190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te34403800276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339338801803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S4403800510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339338805317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2440380046
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33933880297


3 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
Hg-00125440380 Pb-Pb     Metacinnabar, TiemanniteHg194030Uchaly Cu-Zn Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia Chernyshev et al. (2008)10.1134/S1028334X0801039XDES418_178 
Kristen002475393388Mid-Devonian (Eifelian-australis/kokelianus zone) age of deposit     Cu, Zn194030Uchaly Cu-Zn Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, RussiaUchalyHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00828393388Middle Devonian (Eifelian)     Yes  190419Zapadno-Ozernoye Cu Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, RussiaZapadno-OzernoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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