Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gornyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 388.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 345.9

mindat Locality ID: 217953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gornyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kharlovo
Sarasa Deposits
Tyute Deposit
Vladimirovskoye Co Deposit

Latitude: 51°27'59"N
Longitude: 83°29'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.466388888889,83.491388888889

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Tvalchrelidzeite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Vladimirite ()*

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 C Ca Co Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel
Titanite

29 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	388.4	345.9	1	101417	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	388.4	345.9	1	101418	470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	388.4	345.9	1	101418	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	388.4	345.9	1	101417	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	388.4	345.9	1	101420	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	388.4	345.9	1	101417	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	388.4	345.9	1	101420	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	388.4	345.9	1	101417	295
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	388.4	345.9	1	101417	27770
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	353.7	345.9	1	101420	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	388.4	345.9	1	101417	1008
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	388.4	345.9	1	101418	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	388.4	345.9	1	101418	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	388.4	345.9	2	101417,101420	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	388.4	345.9	1	101418	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	388.4	345.9	1	101418	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	388.4	345.9	1	101417	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	388.4	345.9	1	101417	5433
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	388.4	345.9	1	101417	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	388.4	345.9	2	101417,101420	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	388.4	345.9	1	101417	17380
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	388.4	379	1	101420	99
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	388.4	345.9	1	101417	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	388.4	345.9	1	101417	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	388.4	345.9	1	101417	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	388.4	345.9	1	101417	4899
Tvalchrelidzeite ()*	None	Hg₃SbAsS₃	388.4	379	1	101419	6
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	388.4	345.9	1	101417	120
Vladimirite ()*	None	Ca₄(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)·4H₂O	388.4	379	1	101420	15

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
	Alexandra-0020	353.7	345.9	349.8 ± 3.9	Ar-Ar	Age of mineralization	high	sericite			Yes		Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite	Cu, Co, W	294244	Karakul’skoe Deposit, Yustid Ore Cluster, Altai Republic, Russia	Karakul’skoe deposit	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078	First stage of mineralization
	Alexandra-0013	388.4	379	383.7 ± 4.7	Ar-Ar	Age of mineralization		sericite			Yes			Cu, Co, As	2786	Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, Russia	Khovu-Aksy	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078	Second stage of mineralization

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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