Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Viking Cu-Mo Deposit (Skalistoe), Magadan Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 85.45

mindat Locality ID: 206145
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206145.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viking Cu-Mo Deposit (Skalistoe), Magadan Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°58'0"N
Longitude: 152°41'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.966666666667,152.68333333333

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	85.45	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	85.75	85.45	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145.5	85.45	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	85.75	85.45	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	85.75	85.45	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	85.75	85.45	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	85.75	85.45	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	85.75	85.45	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	85.45	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145.5	85.45	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	85.75	85.45	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	85.75	85.45	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	85.75	85.45	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	85.75	85.45	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	85.75	85.45	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	85.75	85.45	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	85.45	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	85.75	85.45	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	85.75	85.45	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145.5	85.45	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	85.75	85.45	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	85.75	85.45	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	85.75	85.45	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	85.75	85.45	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145.5	85.45	1101

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00360	145.5	99.6	Early Cretaceous										Cu	206145	Viking Cu-Mo Deposit (Skalistoe), Magadan Oblast, Russia	Skalistoe	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060
	PorphCu-00361	85.75	85.45	85.6±0.15									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cobaltite, Copper, Cubanite, Epidote, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206145	Viking Cu-Mo Deposit (Skalistoe), Magadan Oblast, Russia	Viking	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...