Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 375

mindat Locality ID: 194037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
50-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit
Dzhusinskoe Deposit (Dzhusinskoye)
Khalilovskii District
Polkovnik Mt

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Coronadite	Covellite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Nsutite ()*
Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Coronadite Covellite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Nickeline None Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz
Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	103132	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	103132	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	375	2	103125,103126	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	375	375	2	103126,103132	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	393	383	1	103125	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	393	383	1	103125	1935
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	103132	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	103132	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	375	375	1	103126	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	375	375	1	103126	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	383	1	103125	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	103132	951
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	375	375	1	103126	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	375	375	1	103126	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	103132	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	103132	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	375	375	1	103126	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	393	375	2	103125,103126	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	103132	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	393	383	1	103125	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	103132	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	103132	234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	103132	210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	103132	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	375	375	1	103126	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	103132	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	375	375	1	103126	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	103132	1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	103132	471
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			1	103132	121
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	103132,103134	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	103132	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	375	4	103125,103126,103132,103135	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	103132	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	393	383	1	103125	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	375	375	4	103126,103132,103134,103135	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	103132	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	103132	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	103132	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	103132	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	375	2	103125,103126	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	393	375	2	103125,103126	1803
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	103132	433
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	103132	65
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	103133	56

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002459	393	383	Mid-Devonian (Eifelian/Givetian) Milyanshinskaya Suite	age of deposit	Cu, Zn	194038	50-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	50 Years October	Herrington et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014	OGR27_203
vms-00587	393	383	Middle Devonian			194038	50-letiya Oktyabrya Cu-Zn Deposit, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	50 Let Oktyabrya	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00762	375	375	Middle Devonian (Late Givetian)		S	190420	Dzhusinskoe Deposit (Dzhusinskoye), Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Dzhusinskoe	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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