Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blyava Cu Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 19578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blyava Cu Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, 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

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.

Alunite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Enargite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Avdoninite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Destinezite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Enargite Gypsum Kieserite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Avdoninite ()*	None	K₂Cu₅Cl₈(OH)₄·2H₂O	444	433	5
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	444	433	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	444	433	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	444	433	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	444	433	4165
Destinezite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	444	433	19
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	444	433	910
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	444	433	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	444	433	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	444	433	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	444	433	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	444	433	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	444	433	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	444	433	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	444	433	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	444	433	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	444	433	293
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	444	433	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	444	433	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	444	433	139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	444	433	1803

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002454	444	433	Silurian (Llandovery)	age of deposit	Yes	Cu, Zn	146335	Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Komsomolskoye	Herrington et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014	OGR27_203
sedcu-00598	250	250	U. Permian		Yes	Cu	195169	Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Sakmara	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
Kristen002455	444	433	Silurian (Llandovery)	age of deposit		Cu, Zn	19578	Blyava Cu Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Blyava	Herrington et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014	OGR27_203

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061024	Blyava Cu Deposit, Sakmara Zone, Mednogorsk District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R061024

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