Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.04
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 26309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Iturup Island
Kunashir Island
Matua Island
Paramushir Island
Shiashkotan Island
Simushir Island

Latitude: 47°25'48"N
Longitude: 151°36'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.43,151.60888888889

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.

Acanthite	Aluminite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diamond	Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron	Lillianite	Lucabindiite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Tridymite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg In K Mg Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pt Re S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aluminite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite Diamond Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Halotrichite Iron Lillianite Lucabindiite Marcasite Matlockite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tamarugite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Tridymite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

126 IMA Minerals at location:

Abramovite ()*	Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Altaite ()*
Aluminite ()*	Aluminium ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*	Bornite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Cadmoindite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Challacolloite ()*	Chromium ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuzticite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Goldichite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Guanajuatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Ikunolite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Iron ()*	Krennerite ()*	Kudriavite ()*
Kurilite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Lucabindiite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monteponite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nickel ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Paratellurite ()*	Petzite ()*	Platinum ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Powellite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Revdite ()*	Rheniite ()*	Roquesite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sampleite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sassolite ()*	Schapbachite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Selenium ()*	Silicon ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stützite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Titanium ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tugarinovite ()*
Tungstenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Yavapaiite ()*	Zircon ()*
Znamenskyite ()*

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
Abramovite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₂SnInBiS₇	0.04	0	1	103721	1
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2.04	1.84	2	103724,103728	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0.04	0	1	103721	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	0.04	0	1	103721	286
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2.04	1.84	1	103724	489
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	0.04	0	1	103721	78
Aluminium ()*	Copper	Al	0.04	0	1	103721	27
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2.04	1.84	5	103720,103721,103723,103724,103728	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0.04	0	1	103721	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2.04	1.84	1	103724	9052
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	0.04	0	1	103721	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2.04	1.84	3	103721,103724,103728	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	0.04	0	1	103721	71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	1935
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	41
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2.04	1.84	1	103724	5516
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	0.04	0	1	103721	26
Cadmoindite ()*	Spinel	CdIn₂S₄	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	3
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	103729	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	0.04	0	1	103721	41
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0.04	0	1	103721	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2.04	1.84	2	103724,103728	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	27198
Challacolloite ()*	None	KPb₂Cl₅	0.04	0	1	103721	7
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	0.04	0	1	103721	26
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2.04	1.84	2	103723,103728	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2.04	1.84	1	103724	281
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	103728	382
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	0.04	0	1	103721	344
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	103728	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	103728	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	0.04	0	1	103721	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	0.04	0	1	103721	802
Cuzticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·3H₂O	2.04	1.84	1	103724	2
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0.04	0	1	103721	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2.04	1.84	2	103723,103724	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	103728	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	103728	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	103730	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2.04	1.84	1	103724	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2.04	1.84	3	103721,103724,103728	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	2.04	1.84	1	103724	72
Goldichite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0.04	0	1	103721	12
Graphite ()*	None	C	0.04	0	1	103721	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	0.04	0	1	103721	717
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	0.04	0	1	103721	37
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0.04	0	1	103721	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	103728	409
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0.04	0	1	103721	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0.04	0	1	103721	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2.04	1.84	1	103724	804
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	0.04	0	1	103721	66
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	0.04	0	1	103721	54
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.04	0	1	103721	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	0.04	0	1	103721	123
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	0.04	0	1	103721	1089
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	2.04	1.84	1	103724	111
Kudriavite ()*	None	(Cd,Pb)Bi₂S₄	0.04	0	1	103721	2
Kurilite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₈Te₃Se	2.04	1.84	1	103724	2
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	0.04	0	1	103721	128
Lucabindiite ()*	Lucabindiite	(K,NH₄)As₄O₆(Cl,Br)			1	103728	4
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	2.04	1.84	1	103723	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2.04	1.84	2	103723,103724	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2.04	1.84	1	103723	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	0.04	0	1	103721	140
Monteponite ()*	None	CdO	0.04	0	1	103721	5
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2.04	1.84	1	103724	192
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni			1	103728	57
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2.04	1.84	3	103720,103723,103728	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2.04	1.84	1	103724	767
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	20
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	409
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0.04	0	1	103721	485
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	0.04	0	1	103721	158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2.04	1.84	1	103724	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0.04	0	1	103721	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2.04	1.84	1	103724	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2.04	1.84	6	103720,103721,103723,103724,103728,103729	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0.04	0	1	103721	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.04	1.84	4	103720,103723,103724,103729	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	103728	712
Revdite ()*	None	Na₁₆Si₁₆O₂₇(OH)₂₆·28H₂O			1	103728	6
Rheniite ()*	None	ReS₂	0.04	0	1	103721	8
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	5614
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O			1	103728	40
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.04	0	1	103721	598
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	103728	31
Schapbachite ()*	Rocksalt	Ag_0.4Pb_0.2Bi_0.4S	2.04	1.84	1	103724	14
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0.04	0	2	103721,103728	4894
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	2.04	1.84	1	103724	143
Silicon ()*	Diamond	Si	0.04	0	1	103721	21
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2.04	1.84	2	103721,103724	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	103728	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	2.04	1.84	1	103724	92
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2.04	1.84	4	103720,103721,103723,103728	2045
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2.04	1.84	1	103724	337
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0.04	0	1	103721	275
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	103728	87
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	2.04	1.84	1	103724	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2.04	1.84	1	103724	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2.04	1.84	1	103724	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2.04	1.84	1	103724	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2.04	1.84	1	103724	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0.04	0	1	103721	299
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	2.04	1.84	1	103723	83
Titanium ()*	None	Ti	0.04	0	1	103721	8
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0.04	0	1	103721	458
Tugarinovite ()*	Rutile	MoO₂	0.04	0	1	103721	5
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	0.04	0	1	103721	28
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0.04	0	1	103721	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0.04	0	1	103721	372
Yavapaiite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	0.04	0	1	103721	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	103728	5251
Znamenskyite ()*	None	Pb₄In₂Bi₄S₁₃	0.04	0	1	103721	1

2 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
	Mo-00119	0.04	0										Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Tugarinovite, Ilsemannite	Mo	10264	Kudriavy Volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia		Taran et al. (1995)	10.1016/0016-7037(95)00079-F	GCA59_1749
	Mo-00308	2.04	1.84		K-Ar								Molybdenite	Mo	125882	Prasolovskoe Au Deposit (Prasolovka Deposit), Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia		Kovalenker and Plotinskaya (2005)		GMP43_118

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070037	Kudriavy Volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070037
R060748	Kudriavy Volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R060748
R060609	Kudriavy Volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R060609
R050362	Kudriavy Volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R050362

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