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Locality Name:
Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 336
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330

mindat Locality ID: 258856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Atliansk Placer
Lake Maloye Miassovo
Melentievskoye Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Novoandreyevka
Pit No. 418
Pit No. 97
Poliakov Log
Syrostan Quarry
Tsarevo-Aleksandrovskii Gold Mine (Mariinskii Gold Mine; Leninskii Gold Mine)

Latitude: 55°3'47"N
Longitude: 60°11'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.063055555556,60.19

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Brookite	Calcite	Chevkinite	Chlorite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite
Mica	Millerite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Post-spinel	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc
Tourmaline	Zircon

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 As Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be Ca H Ln Nb O Si Th Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Apatite Baddeleyite Brookite Calcite Chevkinite Chlorite Clay
Columbite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite
Mica Millerite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Post-spinel Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Spinel Talc
Tourmaline Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Amesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Brockite ()*	Brookite ()*	Buserite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*
Davidite-(Ce) ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fersmite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluoro-richterite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Marokite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pargasite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polyakovite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Thorianite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vigezzite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	101772	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	101773	43
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	336	330	0		141
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	101772	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	101774	2353
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄			1	101772	74
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	101772	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	101772	718
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	101767	143
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	101772	238
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O			1	101772	48
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	101766	700
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)			1	101767	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	101773	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	101772	100
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	101772	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	101773	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	101772	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	101773	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	101772	1797
Davidite-(Ce) ()*	Crichtonite	Ce(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈			1	101773	5
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈			1	101773	31
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	101772	481
Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Mg)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	101772	11
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	101773	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	101772	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	101772	944
Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Scheelite	CeNbO₄·0.3H₂O			1	101773	16
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	101773	196
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆			1	101772	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	101772	2740
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂			1	101773	24
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	101773	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	101772	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	101772	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	101772	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	101776	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	101772	205
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	101772	367
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	336	330	1	101775	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	101773	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	101772	139
Marokite ()*	Post-spinel	CaMn³⁺₂O₄			1	101767	8
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	101772	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	101772	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			2	101772,101773	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	336	330	2	101772,101775	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	101772	633
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)₂(O,OH)₆			1	101773	17
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	101772	767
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	101772	313
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	336	330	0		326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	101773	2273
Polyakovite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	(Ce,Ca)₄MgCr₂(Ti,Nb)₂Si₄O₂₂			1	101773	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	101772	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	336	330	3	101772,101775,101776	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	101772	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	101772,101773	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	336	330	2	101772,101775	3337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	101773	236
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	101767	433
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	101772	73
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	101772	2718
Vigezzite ()*	Aeschynite	(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂O₆			1	101772	12
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	101772	5251

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
	Alexandra-0273	336	330	333±3	207Pb/206Pb	Age of gabbros		zircon				Zircon			195541	Syrostan Quarry, Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Syrostan	Montero et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00270-X	T317_93

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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