Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tardan, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 487.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 474.9

mindat Locality ID: 251062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tardan, Tuva, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°54'12"N
Longitude: 95°29'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.903333333333,95.489722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Digenite	Löllingite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetradymite

Alloclasite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Digenite Löllingite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetradymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	487.1	474.9	56
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	487.1	474.9	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	487.1	474.9	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	487.1	474.9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	487.1	474.9	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	487.1	474.9	966
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	487.1	474.9	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	487.1	474.9	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	487.1	474.9	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	487.1	474.9	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	487.1	474.9	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	487.1	474.9	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	487.1	474.9	39462
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	487.1	474.9	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	487.1	474.9	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	487.1	474.9	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	487.1	474.9	510
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	487.1	474.9	380

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
	DeepDive-Co-0004	487.1	474.9	481	Ar-Ar			gold ores							251062	Tardan, Tuva, Russia	Tardan	Gas’kov (2008)	10.1016/j.rgg.2008.01.011	RGG49_923

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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