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Locality Name:
Pii-Khem District, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 354.4

mindat Locality ID: 25875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pii-Khem District, Tuva, Russia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Terligkhaiskoye Mine (Terlig-Khaya)
Uyuk Range

Latitude: 51°45'59"N
Longitude: 93°11'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.766388888889,93.187222222222
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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzSphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Corderoite  (*)Dickite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Grechishchevite  (*)Kadyrelite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kuzminite  (*)Kuznetsovite  (*)Lavrentievite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Montroydite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)
Poyarkovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schuetteite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Terlinguaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110406511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)365.5354.4110406927770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl365.5354.42104067,10406991
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110406527198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS365.5354.43104065,104067,1040692600
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2365.5354.42104067,10406916
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41104065651
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)365.5354.42104067,10406936
Grechishchevite  (*)NoneHg3S2BrCl0.5I0.5365.5354.42104067,1040692
Kadyrelite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OBr3(OH)365.5354.42104067,1040692
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4365.5354.411040675591
Kuzminite  (*)NoneHgBr365.5354.42104067,1040694
Kuznetsovite  (*)NoneHg1+2Hg2+(AsO4)Cl365.5354.42104067,1040694
Lavrentievite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2365.5354.42104067,1040692
Mercury  (*)NoneHg365.5354.42104067,104069397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS365.5354.42104067,104069255
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO365.5354.42104067,10406929
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3110406524
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110406517380
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg2110406511
Poyarkovite  (*)NoneHg3OCl365.5354.42104067,1040695
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365.5354.42104065,10406939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110406561156
Schuetteite  (*)NoneHg3O2(SO4)002104067,10406921
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS365.5354.4110406721482
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl365.5354.42104067,10406922


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
Hg-00026365.5354.4 Ar-Ar     ArzakiteHg2785Kadyrel' Hg Occurrence, Oorash-Khem River Valley, Uyuk Range, Pii-Khem District, Tuva, Russia Tretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 

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