Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 214649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gomi As-Sb-Hg Deposit

Latitude: 42°36'38"N
Longitude: 43°33'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.610555555556,43.566111111111

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.

Clay	Kaolinite	None	Sphalerite

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 H Hg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Kaolinite None Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Dickite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Realgar ()*	Tvalchrelidzeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5	1	57247	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	1	57247	651
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5	1	57247	255
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	5	1	57247	712
Tvalchrelidzeite ()*	None	Hg₃SbAsS₃	5	1	57247	6

1 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
	Hg-00062	5	0		x-cutting relations, proximity to Neogene faults								Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Tvalchrelidzeite	Hg	16070	Gomi As-Sb-Hg Deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia		Kekelia et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.04.003	OGR34_369

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061128	Gomi As-Sb-Hg Deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia	https://rruff.info/R061128

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