Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1784

mindat Locality ID: 241901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chineyskoye Fe-Ti-V Deposit

Latitude: 56°31'46"N
Longitude: 118°33'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.529444444444,118.56

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.

Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Isomertieite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel
Ullmannite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Froodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Majakite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Menshikovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sudburyite ()*

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 Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Corundum Isomertieite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel
Ullmannite

18 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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1900	1784	1	104314	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1900	1784	1	104314	966
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1900	1784	1	104314	62
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1784	1	104314	5433
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1900	1784	1	104314	48
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1900	1784	1	104314	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1900	1784	1	104314	22
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1900	1784	1	104314	161
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	1900	1784	1	104314	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1900	1784	1	104314	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1900	1784	1	104314	114
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1900	1784	1	104314	633
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1900	1784	1	104314	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1900	1784	1	104314	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1784	1	104314	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1784	1	104314	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1900	1784	1	104314	337
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1900	1784	1	104314	46

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Alexandra-0062	1900	1800	1850 ± 50	Sm-Nd	Age of rock			241901	Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Chiney Massif	Gongalsky (2012)	DD2012_Gongalsky
Alexandra-0063	1875	1841	1858 ± 17	U-Pb	Age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	241901	Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Chiney Massif	Gongalsky (2012)	DD2012_Gongalsky
Alexandra-0064	1838	1784	1811 ± 27	U-Pb	Age of rock	zircon	Zircon	241901	Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Chiney Massif	Gongalsky (2012)	DD2012_Gongalsky
Alexandra-0065	1870	1864	1867 ± 3	U-Pb	Age of rock	zircon	Zircon	241901	Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Chiney Massif	Gongalsky (2012)	DD2012_Gongalsky
Alexandra-0066	1896	1864	1880 ± 16	Ar-Ar	Age of rock	mica		241901	Chiney Massif, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Chiney Massif	Gongalsky (2012)	DD2012_Gongalsky

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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