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Locality Name:
Perm Vyatka Cu Deposit, Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 228326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perm Vyatka Cu Deposit, Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°30'0"N
Longitude: 50°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.5,50.75

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: As Cu Fe S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCovelliteNoneTetrahedrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425025005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25025005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2250250027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25025004165
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325025001803



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
sedcu-00582250250U. Permian       Cu228326Perm Vyatka Cu Deposit, Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast, RussiaPerm VyatkaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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