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Locality Name:
Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 171
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 241902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Darasun Mine (Darasun Au Deposit)
Talatui Au Deposit
Teremkyn Au Deposit

Latitude: 52°24'2"N
Longitude: 115°23'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.400555555556,115.38388888889
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGeocroniteGypsumKobelliteLöllingiteLillianiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMeta-autuniteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

94 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bosiite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Heteromorphite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jonassonite  (*)
Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kobellite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nisbite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Povondraite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Uramarsite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Willyamite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)217115511044153419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31711551104416315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)17115511044158803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1711551104412489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)17115511044122734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1711552104412,1044151588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)217115511044123092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)17115511044151036
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1711551104412379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31711551104412231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1711553104412,104413,1044169052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb21711552104412,10441473
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1711552104412,10441511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1711552104413,1044161966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31711552104412,1044161935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1711552104412,104413716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417115511044155516
Bosiite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O17115511044123
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111711551104412843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31711552104412,1044161089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1711551104412175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1711553104412,104415,10441627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO217115511044125171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)17115511044124979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21711554104412,104413,104415,10441627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)817115511044151756
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51711553104412,104413,104416344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31711551104416802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21711551104415327
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)217115511044129895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1711553104412,104415,104416648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17115511044158173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21711552104412,1044169617
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15171155110441255
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1711555104412,104413,104414,104415,10441624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41711551104412192
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231711551104412133
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1711551104415131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1711552104412,1044157437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1711555104412,104413,104414,104415,10441630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1711552104412,1044156890
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31711551104413104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31711552104412,10441514640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41711551104415407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1711553104412,104414,104415804
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19171155110441238
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3171155110441354
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O317115511044155433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141711551104412784
Jonassonite  (*)Not in a structural groupAu(Bi,Pb)5S41711552104412,10441319
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2171155110441250
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S171155110441286
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35171155110441387
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21711551104412234
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61711551104412128
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)17115511044121487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4171155110441514899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi171155110441288
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21711553104412,104415,1044165674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21711552104415,104416252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21711553104412,104415,1044165800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21711552104412,10441517380
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2171155110441220
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)17115511044152349
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O1711553104412,104415,10441624
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21711551104412409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)217115511044152273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te31711553104413,104415,10441657
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S171711551104413100
Povondraite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Fe3+4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O1711553104412,104415,1044167
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21711554104412,104413,104415,10441639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81711554104412,104413,104415,1044169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21711554104412,104414,104415,10441661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1711551104412712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21711552104412,1044155614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17115511044154894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1711553104412,104415,1044162705
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211711551104412165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)17115511044126417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41711551104415249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1711554104412,104413,104415,10441621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S317115511044123418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31711551104412276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1711553104412,104413,104416510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1317115511044165317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O17115511044154899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)217115511044152562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1711553104412,104413,104414100
Uramarsite  (*)Meta-autunite(NH4)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O17115511044123
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO217115511044152718
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS171155110441225
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31711551104415297
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421711551104412228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)17115511044155251


4 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
Alexandra-0056171155163 ± 8Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar1028/dr86, 183/dr84, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1    241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0057160.8159.8160.3 ± 0.5Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar, biotite1028/dr86, 183/dr84, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1    241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0058160.9160.1160.5 ± 0.4Rb–SrAge of rockwhole rock, plagioclase, feldspar, biotite1028/dr86, 75/07-2, 1/01, 3/01, 69/07, 1050/dr86    241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1The age of ore formation (or, at least, its lower limit)
Alexandra-0059160.5157.5159 ± 1.5K-ArAge of rockbiotite, sericite1/01, 3/01, 1050dr/86, 21m/86, 173dr84, 634dr85, 2    241902Vershino-Darasunskiy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaDarasun depositChernyshev et al. (2014)10.1134/S1075701514010036GOD56_1 

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