Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Nikolayevsky Mine (Nikolaevskaya; Nikolaevskoe; Nikolaevsky), Shemonaikha, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 388
Youngest recorded age at locality: 372

mindat Locality ID: 244626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nikolayevsky Mine (Nikolaevskaya; Nikolaevskoe; Nikolaevsky), Shemonaikha, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°31'59"N
Longitude: 81°52'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.533055555556,81.875555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMarcasite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S38837202793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38837209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)388372011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS338837201089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)388372027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S38837205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2388372027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS38837204165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS388372024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu388372030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3883720717
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143883720784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS238837205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2388372017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2388372039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2388372061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg38837205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS388372021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1338837205317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS3883720372


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-00609388372Middle-Upper Devonian (Givetian-Frasnian)        244626Nikolayevsky Mine (Nikolaevskaya; Nikolaevskoe; Nikolaevsky), Shemonaikha, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanNikolaevskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...