Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Kuzha Ore Field, Bashkortostan, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 448

mindat Locality ID: 195523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuzha Ore Field, Bashkortostan, Russia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
East Biktimir
Kairakly
Kuzha Ba-Pb-Zn Deposit
Yaru

Latitude: 53°15'24"N
Longitude: 57°10'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.256666666667,57.167222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Covellite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Covellite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	542	540	4	101563,101564,101565,101566	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	542	448	1	101565	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	542	448	1	101565	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	542	448	1	101565	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	542	448	3	101564,101565,101566	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	542	448	1	101565	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	542	448	1	101565	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	542	448	1	101565	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	542	448	1	101565	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	542	448	1	101565	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	542	448	1	101565	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	542	448	1	101565	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	542	448	3	101563,101565,101566	21482

2 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
	Alexandra-0071	542	540	541 ± 1		Age of barite-base-metal ore								Ba	195524	Kuzha Ba-Pb-Zn Deposit, Kuzha Ore Field, Bashkortostan, Russia	Kuzha Deposit	Filippov (2008)	10.1134/S1075701508050036	GOD50_391	The ore formation was a long multistage process. Its onset coincided with the beginning of the evolution of the suture zone during the Baikalian tectonomagmatic reactivation at the Vendian/Paleozoic boundary.
	Alexandra-0072	448	448	448	K-Ar	Age of dolerite dike									195524	Kuzha Ba-Pb-Zn Deposit, Kuzha Ore Field, Bashkortostan, Russia	Kuzha Deposit	Filippov (2008)	10.1134/S1075701508050036	GOD50_391	The emplacement of Ordovician dikes in the ore-forming zone gave rise to partial redistribution of the previously deposited ore matter.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...