Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 276

mindat Locality ID: 23596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baranchinsky Massif
Gosshakhta Pt Mine
Kamennaya Telyana
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit
Neiva River
Nizhnetagilskii Massif (Nizhne-Tagilskii)
Vysokogorskoe Fe Deposit (Nizhnii Tagil Fe Deposit)

Latitude: 57°53'59"N
Longitude: 59°58'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.899722222222,59.979444444444

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	Atacamite	Auricupride	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Corrensite	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Digenite	Garnet	Haxonite	Iron	Khatyrkite	Malachite
Millerite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Zircon

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 Au C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pt Ru S Si Sn Ta Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na O Os Pb Ru S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Atacamite Auricupride Baryte Brochantite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Copper
Corrensite Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore Digenite Garnet Haxonite Iron Khatyrkite Malachite
Millerite Monazite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anilite ()*	Anyuiite ()*
Asbolane ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Crocoite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dokuchaevite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Ferchromide ()*
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Gedrite ()*	Glagolevite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hunchunite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*
Iron ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isovite ()*	Jedwabite ()*	Karpinskite ()*
Laurite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Nickel ()*	Niobocarbide ()*	Osmium ()*	Platinum ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romarchite ()*
Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Santabarbaraite ()*	Tantalcarbide ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tin ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Winchite ()*	Zinc ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	320	276	0		3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	103866	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	103865	1534
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	103866	88
Anyuiite ()*	Khatyrkite	AuPb₂	320	276	1	103869	10
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	103871	143
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	103866	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	103871	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	103866,103871	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	103866	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	320	276	0		194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	103871	27198
Chromatite ()*	Zircon	CaCr⁶⁺O₄			1	103870	6
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	103860	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr			1	103870	26
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	103866,103871	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	103866,103870,103871	3846
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)			1	103866	81
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	320	276	0		327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	103866,103871	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	103866	179
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	103866	144
Dokuchaevite ()*	None	Cu₈O₂(VO₄)₃Cl₃			1	103866	3
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	103860	110
Ferchromide ()*	Iron	Cr_1.5Fe_0.2	320	276	1	103869	2
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi			1	103863	13
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	320	276	0		178
Glagolevite ()*	None	Na(Mg,Al)₆(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	103870	3
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	320	276	0		286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	103872	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	320	276	3	103862,103868,103869	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	103866,103871,103872	14640
Hunchunite ()*	None	Au₂Pb	320	276	0		6
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	103862	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	320	276	2	103863,103868	162
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	103870	1089
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			2	103860,103870	128
Isovite ()*	Haxonite	(Cr,Fe)₂₃C₆	320	276	1	103869	2
Jedwabite ()*	None	Fe₇Ta₃	0	0	1	103862	1
Karpinskite ()*	Corrensite	(Mg,Ni)₂Si₂O₅(OH)₂ (?)			1	103866	1
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	320	276	2	103860,103869	226
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	103866	234
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	103860	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	103862,103871,103872	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	103866,103867,103871	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	103870	1066
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni			1	103870	57
Niobocarbide ()*	None	NbC	0	0	1	103862	1
Osmium ()*	None	Os	320	276	2	103868,103869	169
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			2	103860,103870	485
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	103866	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	103867,103871	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	103866	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	103866	61156
Romarchite ()*	None	SnO	320	276	1	103868	13
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	320	276	0		47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	320	276	3	103862,103868,103869	46
Santabarbaraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	103866	21
Tantalcarbide ()*	None	TaC	0	0	1	103862	1
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu			1	103870	30
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe			2	103860,103870	66
Tin ()*	None	Sn	320	276	1	103868	63
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe			2	103863,103870	48
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	320	276	0		51
Zinc ()*	None	Zn			1	103870	52

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
	Cr-00056	320	276		Rb-Sr			whole rock					Isovite	Cr	18694	Verkhneivinsk, Neiva River, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia		Bea et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00051-6	TP276_103	charlene listed error as 12,5

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070355	Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070355
R060309	Verkhneivinsk, Neiva River, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R060309

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