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Locality Name:
Plast, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 24404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plast, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Borisovskie Sopki
Kochkar' District
Kuchinskiy Quarry
Oseiskoye Levoberazhie Au Deposit
Polyanovka
Sanarskiy Uval
Zhuravlinyi Log Kaolin Deposit

Latitude: 54°21'52"N
Longitude: 60°35'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.364444444444,60.598055555556

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumDiamondEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteKaoliniteLöllingite
MarcasiteMeloniteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTopazTourmalineVesuvianite
VivianiteZircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Livingstonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Norbergite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silicon  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Volynskite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2101800,1018038803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1101801489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511018031310
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11018081036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11018009052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21101801361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110180427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)38038004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110180327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11018012600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811018031756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11018081025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811018031008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33101796,101799,1018041797
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211018049895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22101801,1018049617
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2110180140
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110180324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3803806101794,101798,101800,101801,101802,10180330554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311018081544
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1101801804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311018035433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411018095591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81101801111
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42101794,1018031507
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)2110180124
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21101801762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42101794,10180314899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21101801207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3803802101795,1018084924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1101803945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24101794,101800,101801,10180317380
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F2110180437
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21101794247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21101804313
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21101801409
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23803800158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23803803101801,101802,10180339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S838038011018029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23803806101798,101800,101801,101802,101803,10180861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11018011711
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4110179864
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22101801,1018035614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3101801,101803,1018084894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11018032705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11018016417
Silicon  (*)DiamondSi380380110180221
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511018031516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110180321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411018041934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2101794,101803978
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41101801337
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te3110180129
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1101801510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311018015317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211017961476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211018042562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1101801100
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011018081395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1101801636
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2110180164
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1101803939



1 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
vms-00805380380Middle Devonian       S156373Svetlinskoe Au Placer Deposit, Kochkar' District, Plast, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaSvetlinskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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