Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Mama Mica Mines, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 327
Youngest recorded age at locality: 317

mindat Locality ID: 247156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247156.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mama Mica Mines, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, Russia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chuya Mine
Kolotovsky Mine
Mochikitsky Mine
Rybachinsky Mine
Takhtygan Mine (Mount Blagodatny)

Latitude: 57°49'58"N
Longitude: 114°16'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.832777777778,114.28277777778

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Quartz Tourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	327	317	1	101621	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	327	317	0		2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	327	317	1	101621	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	327	317	1	101621	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	327	317	0		2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	327	317	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	327	317	1	101621	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	327	317	1	101621	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	327	317	0		2705

1 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
	Bradley_2012_130	327	317	322±5	U/Pb										247156	Mama Mica Mines, Mama River Basin, Buryatia, Russia	[Mama-Oron Complex]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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