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Locality Name:
Salavat Cu Deposit, Salavat District, Bashkortostan, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 385
Youngest recorded age at locality: 318

mindat Locality ID: 206159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salavat Cu Deposit, Salavat District, Bashkortostan, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°5'15"N
Longitude: 57°28'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.0875,57.468333333333
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: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsumMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63853180966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)38531801588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438531805516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S38531805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2385318027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O38531803531
Copper  (*)CopperCu38531803846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)38531808173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS385318024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)38531807437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O38531806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3385318014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4385318014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS238531805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2385318017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)238531801898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2385318039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S838531809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO238531805614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS385318021482


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-00371385318Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous      Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu206159Salavat Cu Deposit, Salavat District, Bashkortostan, RussiaSalavatSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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