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Locality Name:
Pervomayskiy, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 385
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 204649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pervomayskiy, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bereznyakovskoe Au Deposit
Tominskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit
Voznesenskoe Cu Deposit

Latitude: 54°55'58"N
Longitude: 61°16'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.932777777778,61.266666666667

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg In K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu In S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannoiditeTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
ValleriiteWurtziteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kostovite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vinciennite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Weissite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11018312793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3853592101831,1018338803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1101831489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211018313092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110183111547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21101831361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110183127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11018315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23852993101831,101832,10183327198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1101831281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1101831169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11018314165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11018311027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41101831910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3852993101831,101832,1018338173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110183124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110183130554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1101831804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611018312228
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4110183121
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81101831111
Lead  (*)CopperPb1101831192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4385299110183214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS238529911018325674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8110183192
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23852992101832,1018335800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23852993101831,101832,10183317380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23852992101831,101832247
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21101831409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23852993101831,101832,10183339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21101831771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83852993101831,101832,1018339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110183161156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2385299046
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4110183164
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211018315614
Silver  (*)CopperAg11018315186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3853592101831,10183321482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12110183180
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41101831337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1101831190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31101831276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311018311803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311018315317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11018314899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1101831237
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS16110183113
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2110183164
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe110183131
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11018315251



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
PorphCu-00252385299Late Devonian–Carboniferous ?      Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Paragonite, Pyrite, PyrrhotiteCu204650Tominskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Pervomayskiy, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaTominskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00258385359Late Devonian      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu205741Voznesenskoe Cu Deposit, Pervomayskiy, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaVoznesenskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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