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Locality Name:
Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2507
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2486

mindat Locality ID: 23274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Monche Tundra Intrusion
Monchegorsk

Latitude: 67°52'38"N
Longitude: 32°46'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.877222222222,32.774166666667
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Mo Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Re Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideBarringeriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparIronIsomertieiteMarcasite
MeloniteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteTetradymiteTitaniteUllmanniteWurtzite
Zirconhauchecornite

104 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopalladinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atheneite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Daomanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Hongshiite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Isomertieite  (*)
Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lead  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Majakite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Menshikovite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nielsenite  (*)
Niggliite  (*)Nipalarsite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Osmium  (*)Oulankaite  (*)
Palarstanide  (*)Palladium  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Palladobismutharsenide  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Putoranite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Skaergaardite  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannopalladinite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tarkianite  (*)Telargpalite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Titanite  (*)Törnroosite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Vincentite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Vysotskite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2507248611029852793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2249024902102984,1029943419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe250724862102984,102985489
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2490249011029901036
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S825002486110298567
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As324902490110299431
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2507248611029859052
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)110298115
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)25072486110298511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2507248611029851966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4249024904102981,102984,102985,1029865516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4249024907102980,102981,102982,102984,102985,102986,102994101
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2249024902102984,102988361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25072486110298627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S250724863102981,102984,1029855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2249024906102981,102982,102984,102985,102986,10299427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4250724863102984,102985,1029913902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe250724861102986281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS250724863102982,102985,102994966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS250724865102980,102981,102982,102984,102985124
Copper  (*)CopperCu250724862102981,1029853846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS250724862102984,1029854165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3249024902102981,102984802
Daomanite  (*)NoneCuPtAsS22507248611029855
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)249024902102981,1029908173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2249024901102991110
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2249024902102981,10298462
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS250724863102981,102984,10298524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu250724865102980,102982,102984,102985,10299430554
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS825002486110298527
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2250024862102985,102991205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325072486110298414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te250724865102982,102984,102985,102988,102994804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS249024903102982,102984,102986119
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu110298127
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3250724863102981,102984,1029865433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS249024902102982,102984154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr249024901102991162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe2102981,102982128
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2250724864102980,102982,102985,10299448
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7110298240
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)249024907102980,102981,102982,102984,102985,102986,102994116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2250724864102982,102984,102985,102991226
Lead  (*)CopperPb250724861102985192
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)250024864102981,102984,102985,102986451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250724866102981,102982,102984,102985,102986,10299014899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs24902490110299422
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2250724862102984,1029855674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe249024902102981,10298423
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2250024862102984,102985207
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As3249024902102982,10299415
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2249024905102980,102982,102984,102986,102994155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5110298244
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe250724865102980,102982,102984,102985,102994114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS250024865102984,102985,102986,102991,1029941066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2250724902102984,1029855800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2250724866102980,102981,102982,102984,102985,102994133
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se250724861102984192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs250024861102984633
Nielsenite  (*)NonePdCu3250724862102982,1029854
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn250724862102984,10298522
Nipalarsite  (*)Not in a structural groupNi8Pd3As411029831
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)25002486110298536
Osmium  (*)NoneOs249024902102984,102991169
Oulankaite  (*)NonePd5Cu4SnTe2S211029813
Palarstanide  (*)StillwateritePd5(Sn,As)2250724862102982,10298513
Palladium  (*)CopperPd110298159
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As249024902102982,10298637
Palladobismutharsenide  (*)NonePd2(As,Bi)11029816
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS250024863102984,102985,102994767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2110298155
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8250024865102981,102982,102984,102985,1029911512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS249024902102982,10298444
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4250024861102984131
Putoranite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu1.1Fe1.2S22490249011029847
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2250724862102981,10298439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8250724864102981,102984,102985,1029949056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250724864102981,102984,102986,10299461156
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu24902490110299146
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22490249011029915614
Silver  (*)CopperAg250724863102981,102982,1029855186
Skaergaardite  (*)IronPdCu2102981,10298210
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi110298144
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4249024903102982,102984,10298624
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2249024908102980,102981,102982,102984,102985,102986,102990,102994337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250724863102981,102984,10298521482
Stannopalladinite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)3Sn250724864102981,102982,102984,10298512
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2249024902102982,10299475
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3249024902102981,10299424
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4249024902102984,102988337
Tarkianite  (*)None (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S82507249011029856
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te2102981,10298218
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3250724861102984276
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te42102981,10298215
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe110298266
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2490249011029904899
Törnroosite  (*)IsomertieitePd11As2Te22490249011029944
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe110298248
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As249024903102981,102982,10298617
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4250024863102981,102982,102984380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS250024865102980,102981,102982,102984,10298553
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2490249011029905251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2490249011029941025
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb250724862102982,10298532


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_694Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


3 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
EG105_1057_028249024902490       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru23273Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaMonchegorskBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_694250024862493±7U-PbAge of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni2725Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaMonchegorskHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Mo-0004825072490 U-Pb     TarkianiteMo2725Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia Bayanova et al. (2009)10.1144/SP323.8GSLSP323_165 

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