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Locality Name:
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 2629
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2629.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Chaunskii District (Chaun)
Chaunskij Meteorite (Chaunskiy Meteorite)
Chukchi Peninsula (Chukotka Peninsula; Chukotski Peninsula)
Ilirney Ore District
Iten'yurginskoye Deposit
Iul'tinskiy Mining Complex
Kolyma Area
Koryakskoe Plateau
Krasnoarmeiskii
Krutoe
Kuiviveem–Pyrkakai Ore District
Kupol Deposit
Okhotsk-Chukotka Belt
Pekul'ney Range (Pekul'nei Range)
Pyrkakay Mine
Rudnaya Sopka Ag-Au Deposit
Ryveem River
Valkumey
Vesenniy
Volchiy Mine
Zapadno-palyanskoe

Latitude: 67°48'23"N
Longitude: 146°7'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.806388888889,146.13
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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe Ge H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteAuricupride
BarringeriteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBournoniteBowieiteBrochantiteBruciteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHalotrichite
HulsiteIsomertieiteKhatyrkiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMica
ModderiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePerovskitePertsevitePolybasite
PotaritePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TopazTourmalineTungstiteUllmanniteUytenbogaardtiteWurtziteZemanniteZinkeniteZircon

167 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anyuiite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asselbornite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Bowieite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brockite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carpathite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Cherepanovite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Daubréeite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gananite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Herderite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Ilirneyite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Imiterite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kashinite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lead  (*)Linarite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesiohulsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montanite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osmium  (*)
Oxy-dravite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pertsevite-(F)  (*)
Petzite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Pingguite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Povondraite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Raisaite  (*)Rhodarsenide  (*)Rooseveltite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenostephanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smirnite  (*)Sorosite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stistaite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorbastnäsite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tosudite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tungstenite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Uranosphaerite  (*)Uranotungstite  (*)
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S143.8139.87101890,101892,101893,101911,101914,101919,1019242793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2143.8139.811019243419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS2101890,10191487
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)143.8139.85101892,101896,101897,101914,1019248803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311019172353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe143.8139.82101893,101924489
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311019051534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11018932734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)143.8139.811019241588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211018933092
Anyuiite  (*)KhatyrkiteAuPb2110190010
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6110191962
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1101886379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS143.8139.89101886,101893,101896,101897,101910,101913,101914,101921,1019249052
Asselbornite  (*)NonePb(UO2)4(BiO)3(AsO4)2(OH)7·4H2O11019103
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2143.8163101893,101923,1019245509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)28.4162101913,10192311547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183101896,101897,1018984286
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl110188971
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3101889,101910,1019131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32101889,1019101935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2101886,101896716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4143.8139.811019245516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311018931089
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3110190333
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611018931633
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O110191048
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21101893462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)143.8139.87101892,101893,101896,101897,101913,101914,10192427770
Carpathite  (*)NoneC24H1211019068
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211101893,101896,101897,101898,101903,101908,101909,101910,101918,101921,1019265171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11018934979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S143.8139.811019245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2143.81612101889,101890,101893,101895,101896,101897,101910,101914,101919,101921,101923,10192427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81101893577
Cherepanovite  (*)ModderiteRhAs110191715
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)110191046
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11018931382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43101900,101903,1019173902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O143.8139.811019243531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2101906,1019272600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1101919281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811018931756
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1101893169
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS2101903,101917124
Copper  (*)CopperCu11019173846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161101893227
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311019171797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS143.8162101923,1019244165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S328.4161101923802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O143.8139.811019242970
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4110190334
Daubréeite  (*)MatlockiteBiO(OH)110188913
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6143.8139.811019244135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23101893,101898,1019139895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)143.8139.81101924648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4143.8139.81101924910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)143.8139.85101892,101893,101914,101917,1019248173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS21101903110
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1101898551
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)PotaritePt2FeNi110191713
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2110191124
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25101890,101896,101897,101898,1019149617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1228.4163101911,101914,101923663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS143.8139.86101890,101892,101893,101913,101914,10192424243
Gananite  (*)NoneBiF32101910,1019134
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)143.8139.83101893,101913,1019247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu143.81614101886,101890,101892,101893,101900,101903,101911,101913,101914,101917,101920,101923,101924,10192530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O143.8139.83101886,101893,1019246890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1101906409
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31101913104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3143.8163101917,101923,10192414640
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F110190820
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS110190335
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te143.8139.85101893,101913,101914,101924,101925804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS2101903,101917119
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)110189857
Ilirneyite  (*)ZemanniteMg0.5[ZnMn3+(TeO3)3]·4.5H2O11018931
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3143.8139.83101893,101917,1019245433
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2110192517
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS2101903,101917154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr2101903,101917162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1101903128
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2110190348
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O22101889,101910148
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611019112228
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3110190329
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS22101903,101917226
Lead  (*)CopperPb2101900,101903192
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21101893987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs25101889,101896,101897,101898,101910762
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41101905311
Magnesiohulsite  (*)HulsiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)11018943
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4143.8166101900,101903,101905,101917,101923,10192414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2143.8163101893,101923,10192412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2143.8164101906,101923,101924,1019275674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1101906915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21101919300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2143.8164101886,101913,101923,1019245800
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)110191322
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11018931508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2143.8168101886,101892,101893,101896,101897,101908,101923,10192417380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2101914,101919192
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)143.81602349
Osmium  (*)NoneOs2101903,101917169
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O143.8139.82101893,10192424
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO2110189320
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1101890249
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1101905363
Pertsevite-(F)  (*)PertseviteMg2(BO3)F11018948
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21101893409
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6110191051
Pingguite  (*)NoneBi6Te6+2O1511019135
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)1101913140
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2101903,101917485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2101914,101925716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1101893309
Povondraite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Fe3+4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O143.8139.82101893,1019247
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2143.8139.811019241898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311019191425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2143.81612101886,101889,101892,101893,101898,101913,101914,101919,101923,101924,101925,10192739462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31101917341
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31101910244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8143.8139.85101895,101909,101913,101921,1019249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2143.8139.816101886,101890,101892,101893,101896,101897,101898,101908,101911,101913,101914,101919,101920,101924,101925,10192661156
Raisaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCuMg[Te6+O4(OH)2]·6H2O11018931
Rhodarsenide  (*)BarringeriteRh2As11019039
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)2101889,10191038
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1101906293
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)110191747
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2143.8139.83101889,101893,1019245614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5101893,101896,101898,101906,1019264894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2101893,1018961153
Selenostephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbSe411019193
Silver  (*)CopperAg3101890,101914,1019255186
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O511019137
Sorosite  (*)NickelineCu1+x(Sn,Sb)11019036
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs22101903,101917337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS143.81610101890,101892,101893,101908,101909,101914,101919,101921,101923,10192421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS44101893,101896,101897,101921668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41101914586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32101886,1019213418
Stistaite  (*)RocksaltSnSb2101903,10191411
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1101890332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11019112045
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2110189352
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe143.8139.81101924190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13143.8163101923,101924,1019251803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13143.8139.83101893,101924,1019255317
Thorbastnäsite  (*)BastnäsiteThCa(CO3)2F2·3H2O110191014
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11018891006
Tin  (*)NoneSn2101903,10191463
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O143.8139.82101893,1019244899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F23101896,101897,1018981476
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O110189336
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2143.8139.811019242562
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS22101886,10190628
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O2101896,101910118
Uranosphaerite  (*)NoneBi(UO2)O2(OH)110191018
Uranotungstite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2W2O8(OH)2·H2O11019106
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2110191146
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)4110189310
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)21101905109
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF110191326
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421101893228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11019175251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11019171025


2 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
PorphCu-0036328.416late Oligocene – early Miocene      Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Freibergite, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu206148Nakhodka Cu Deposit, Vesenniy, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, RussiaNakhodkaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00362143.8139.8141.8±2      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206147Peschanka Cu Deposit, Vesenniy, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, RussiaPeschankaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070223Iten'yurginskoye Deposit, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070223

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