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Locality Name:
Darasun Mine (Darasun Au Deposit), Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 171
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 206064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Darasun Mine (Darasun Au Deposit), Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Novo-Elektricheskaya Vein
Pirrotinovaya Vein

Latitude: 52°20'24"N
Longitude: 115°29'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.34,115.48944444444
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CobaltiteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumKobelliteLöllingiteLillianite
MarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTourmalineZinkenite

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bosiite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)
Ikunolite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jonassonite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Kobellite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nisbite  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Povondraite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Uramarsite  (*)Willyamite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1711550489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)17115502734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)17115501588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)217115503092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1711550379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31711550231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17115511044139052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2171155110441473
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)171155011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi17115511044131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S317115501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1711551104413716
Bosiite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O17115503
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111711550843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS317115501089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1711550175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)171155027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO217115505171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)17115504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2171155110441327198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51711551104413344
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)217115509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1711550648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217115509617
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15171155055
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1711552104413,10441424243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41711550192
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231711550133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)17115507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1711552104413,10441430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O17115506890
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31711551104413104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3171155014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1711551104414804
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19171155038
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3171155110441354
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141711550784
Jonassonite  (*)Not in a structural groupAu(Bi,Pb)5S4171155110441319
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2171155050
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S171155086
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35171155110441387
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21711550234
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61711550128
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)17115501487
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi171155088
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS217115505674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217115505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2171155017380
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2171155020
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O171155024
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21711550409
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3171155110441357
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S171711551104413100
Povondraite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Fe3+4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O17115507
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2171155110441339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S817115511044139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2171155110441461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1711550712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217115505614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17115502705
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211711550165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)17115506417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS171155110441321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S317115503418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31711550276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1711551104413510
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1711552104413,104414100
Uramarsite  (*)Meta-autunite(NH4)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O17115503
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS171155025
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421711550228


4 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-0056171155163 ± 8Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar1028/dr86, 183/dr84, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0057160.8159.8160.3 ± 0.5Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar, biotite1028/dr86, 183/dr84, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0058160.9160.1160.5 ± 0.4Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar, biotite1028/dr86, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1050/dr86 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0059160.5157.5159 ± 1.5K-ArAge of rockbiotite, sericite1/01, 3/01, 1050dr/86, 21m/86, 173dr84, 634dr85, 2 Yes  241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1 

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