Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vesenniy, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 206149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vesenniy, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nakhodka Cu Deposit
Peschanka Cu Deposit
Tumanny Prospect

Latitude: 66°32'29"N
Longitude: 164°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.541388888889,164.64972222222

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Imiterite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Povondraite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	143.8	139.8	1	101924	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	143.8	139.8	1	101924	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	143.8	139.8	1	101924	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	143.8	139.8	1	101924	489
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	143.8	139.8	1	101924	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	143.8	139.8	1	101924	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28.4	16	1	101923	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	143.8	139.8	1	101924	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143.8	139.8	1	101924	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	143.8	139.8	1	101924	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	143.8	139.8	1	101924	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	28.4	16	1	101923	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	143.8	139.8	1	101924	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	143.8	139.8	1	101924	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	143.8	139.8	1	101924	648
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	143.8	139.8	1	101924	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	143.8	139.8	1	101924	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	28.4	16	1	101923	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	143.8	139.8	1	101924	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	143.8	139.8	1	101924	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	143.8	16	3	101923,101924,101925	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	143.8	139.8	1	101924	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	143.8	139.8	2	101924,101925	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	143.8	139.8	1	101924	5433
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂			1	101925	17
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	17380
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	143.8	139.8	1	101924	24
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	101925	716
Povondraite ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe³⁺₃(Fe³⁺₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	143.8	139.8	1	101924	7
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	143.8	139.8	1	101924	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	143.8	16	3	101923,101924,101925	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	143.8	139.8	1	101924	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	143.8	139.8	2	101924,101925	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	143.8	139.8	1	101924	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	101925	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	143.8	16	2	101923,101924	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	143.8	139.8	1	101924	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	143.8	16	3	101923,101924,101925	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	143.8	139.8	2	101924,101925	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	143.8	139.8	1	101924	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	143.8	139.8	1	101924	2562

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-00363	28.4	16	late Oligocene – early Miocene									Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Freibergite, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	206148	Nakhodka Cu Deposit, Vesenniy, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia	Nakhodka	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00362	143.8	139.8	141.8±2									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206147	Peschanka Cu Deposit, Vesenniy, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia	Peschanka	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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