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Locality Name:
P. Pinigin Deposit, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1923
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1887

mindat Locality ID: 203213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "P. Pinigin Deposit, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°37'3"N
Longitude: 126°6'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.6175,126.11
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: As Au Bi Co Fe Mo Ni S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Co Fe Mo Ni S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicCobaltiteCopperLöllingiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1923188701966
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS192318870966
Gold  (*)CopperAu19231887030554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2192318870762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21923188705800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs192318870633


2 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
Alexandra-0060192318931908 ± 15Ar-ArAge of metamorphismamphibole     203213P. Pinigin Deposit, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaP. Pinigin DepositKravchenko et al. (2008) DG5_14 
Alexandra-0061191918871903 ± 16Ar-ArAge of metamorphismamphibole     203213P. Pinigin Deposit, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaP. Pinigin DepositKravchenko et al. (2008) DG5_14 

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