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Locality Name:
Birgildinskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 347
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 204651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birgildinskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°59'47"N
Longitude: 61°5'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.996388888889,61.088055555556
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)234734703419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)34734708803
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S334734701935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS434734705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)347347027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S34734705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2347347027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3473470966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS34734704165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)34734708173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3347347014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3473470804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O334734705433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4347347014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS234734705674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS234734705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2347347017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2347347039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S834734709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2347347061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO234734705614
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1334734701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1334734705317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O34734704899


1 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-00253347347347      Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, RutileCu204651Birgildinskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBirgildinskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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