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Locality Name:
Verkhne-Arshinskii Mine, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 440
Youngest recorded age at locality: 380

mindat Locality ID: 236607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Verkhne-Arshinskii Mine, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Copiapite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Starkeyite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copiapite Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Melanterite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Starkeyite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Melanterite ()*	Poitevinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zinc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	440	380	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	440	380	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	440	380	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	440	380	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	440	380	6890
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	440	380	915
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O	440	380	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	440	380	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	440	380	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	440	380	293
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	440	380	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	440	380	2718
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	440	380	52

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
	Hg-00125	440	380		Pb-Pb						Yes		Metacinnabar, Tiemannite	Hg	194030	Uchaly Cu-Zn Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia		Chernyshev et al. (2008)	10.1134/S1028334X0801039X	DES418_178
	vms-00828	393	388	Middle Devonian (Eifelian)							Yes				190419	Zapadno-Ozernoye Cu Deposit, Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia	Zapadno-Ozernoe	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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