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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

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: 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: 
CalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayEnargiteKaoliniteNoneNowackiiteOrpimentPyrite
QuartzSphaleriteStanniteStibniteWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aktashite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12232.5230.5022
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)232.5230.5027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2232.5230.5027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2232.5230.50162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS232.5230.502600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4232.5230.50651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2232.5230.509895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4232.5230.50910
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4232.5230.505591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4232.5230.50198
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS232.5230.50255
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3232.5230.50511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS232.5230.50767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2232.5230.5039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2232.5230.5061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS232.5230.50712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS232.5230.5021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3232.5230.503418



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-00025232.5230.5231.5±1Ar-Ar     AktashiteHg2619Aktashskoye Sb-Hg Deposit, Altai Republic, RussiaAktashPavlova and Borisenko (2009) OGR35-164 


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