Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aktashskoye Sb-Hg Deposit, Altai Republic, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 232.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 230.5

mindat Locality ID: 2619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aktashskoye Sb-Hg Deposit, Altai Republic, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°18'0"N
Longitude: 87°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.3,87.583333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Enargite	Kaolinite	None	Nowackiite	Orpiment	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Aktashite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Orpiment ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Enargite Kaolinite None Nowackiite Orpiment Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	232.5	230.5	22
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	232.5	230.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	232.5	230.5	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	232.5	230.5	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	232.5	230.5	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	232.5	230.5	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	232.5	230.5	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	232.5	230.5	910
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	232.5	230.5	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	232.5	230.5	198
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	232.5	230.5	255
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	232.5	230.5	511
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	232.5	230.5	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	232.5	230.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	232.5	230.5	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	232.5	230.5	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	232.5	230.5	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	232.5	230.5	3418

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
	Hg-00025	232.5	230.5	231.5±1	Ar-Ar								Aktashite	Hg	2619	Aktashskoye Sb-Hg Deposit, Altai Republic, Russia	Aktash	Pavlova and Borisenko (2009)		OGR35-164

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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