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Locality Name:
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 2635
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2635.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
1st Sovetskii Mine (1st Sovietskiy Mine; 1st Sovietski Mine)
2nd Sovetskii Mine (Second Sovietsky Mine; 2nd Sovietskiy Mine; Vtoroi Sovietskiy Mine; 2nd Sovietskii Mine)
Brenner Mine
Dal'negorsk B Deposit
Krasnogorskoe Pb-Zn Deposit
Lidovskoe Pb-Zn Deposit
Nikolaevskiy Mine
Novo-Monastyrsky Deposit
Partizanskoe Pb-Zn Deposit (Partizansky)
Sadoviy (Sadovoch?)
Sentyabr'skiy
Verkhnii Mine (Verchniy Mine; Verkhnee Rudnik Mine)

Latitude: 44°30'20"N
Longitude: 135°40'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.505555555556,135.67444444444

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragonite
ArgyroditeArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDanburite
DiasporeDomeykiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteKaolinite
KobelliteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLillianiteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMillerite
MiniumNatrochalciteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeiteOxalatePalygorskitePavonite
PerovskitePhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilbite
StilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTopazValleriiteVesuvianiteVivianite
WollastoniteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

173 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)
Allargentum  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dalnegorskite  (*)Danburite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Domeykite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Heyrovskýite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Litharge  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mummeite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stibarsen  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thometzekite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Weddellite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wittite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S66633103210,103212,1032142793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2666311032123419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)66632103206,103217254
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS66631103212312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)666311032128803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)6663110321469
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe66630489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2666311032122162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)366634103207,103208,103209,1032141534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)666302734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)266632103212,1032133092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb66631103208363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)666303250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs66631103208379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O366631103208231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS66635103210,103211,103212,103213,1032149052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)666631103217919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)266631103208260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)266636103204,103205,103209,103212,103215,10321688
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2666311032135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6663011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)666630413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi66633103208,103212,1032141966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)66630716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4666305516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1166631103212843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3666311032121089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6666301633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)666311103204,103205,103207,103208,103209,103210,103212,103214,103215,103216,10321727770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS66663110321091
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S466630154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO266634103210,103211,103212,1032135171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)666311032134979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O66630925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S666305707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O66630197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2666312103204,103205,103208,103209,103210,103211,103212,103213,103214,103215,103216,10321727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O666303531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)466631103212951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe66630281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8666311032121756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)666301025
Copper  (*)CopperCu666303846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S566631103214344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS666311032124165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S366632103212,103213802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)266630327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O666302970
Dalnegorskite  (*)WollastoniteCa5Mn(Si3O9)2666311032081
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O866634103207,103208,103209,103212148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)66638103204,103205,103207,103208,103209,103212,103216,103217498
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S866631103212126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)466631103212651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O666632103207,1032124135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2666311032129895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As6663073
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)66663033
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)666311032128173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O66630814
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O66633103204,103208,103209303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF266637103204,103205,103208,103209,103210,103212,1032149617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1266633103210,103212,103214663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS666311103204,103205,103208,103209,103210,103211,103212,103213,103214,103215,10321624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S466632103212,103214192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)666307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu66632103212,10321430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC666302812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)46663061
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)366633103207,103208,1032141544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O666306890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6666310103204,103205,103207,103208,103209,103212,103214,103215,103216,103217741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te366631103214104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O366632103205,10321414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O666301689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te66631103212804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S96663110321466
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O66631103212144
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6666301066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3666305433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)66637103204,103205,103208,103212,103214,103216,103217197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1466631103212784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6666302228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O666632103208,10321273
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)266630234
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O666301271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)66630581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS666630128
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S466630249
Litharge  (*)NonePbO66630139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs266630762
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)66630134
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS466631103214198
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O46663098
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O466632103212,10321414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26663110321312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS266633103210,103212,1032145674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)266631103212168
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS266632103212,103214252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O66630915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS266631103212300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS666301066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl666301107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O466630247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O666301508
Mummeite  (*)PavoniteCu0.58Ag3.11Pb1.10Bi6.65S13666311032149
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)266634103210,103212,103213,10321417380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O66630471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O666311032122994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)66632103209,1032102349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S286663110321289
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O66630306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS66630767
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2666311032122273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)666630477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]66632103210,103212716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2666311032121898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS366630733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS366633103210,103212,1032141425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS266637103208,103210,103211,103212,103213,103214,10321739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2666303106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl666311032131725
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO366631103212147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S866638103204,103205,103210,103211,103212,103213,103214,1032169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2666311103204,103205,103207,103208,103209,103210,103212,103213,103214,103215,10321661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)666311032121711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)66630969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO266632103210,1032125614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs266630317
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O66631103212301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)666311032124894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O66630390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O66632103212,1032131153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O366630179
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O66631103212241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)66632103210,1032126417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)26663092
Silver  (*)CopperAg66633103210,103212,1032145186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs366630531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)666311032132473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS666311103204,103205,103208,103209,103210,103211,103212,103213,103214,103215,10321621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4666311032121934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS466634103210,103211,103212,103213668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS466632103210,103214586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S36663062
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs6663110320848
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3666311032123418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O66630268
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O66631103212456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2666311032123337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO26663110321252
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te366631103212276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13666301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1366632103212,1032145317
Thometzekite  (*)NatrochalcitePbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O6663010
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O66630452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O666311032124899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2666311032141476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2666311032122562
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O366630369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]66632103212,103213237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1066632103212,1032141395
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)6663062
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O6663110321232
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O6663110321266
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO466631103206303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS366631103212297
Wittite  (*)NonePb8Bi10(S,Se)236663110321415
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO366634103207,103209,103212,1032141247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS66631103212372
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)6663060
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4266631103212228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)666311032125251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)666311032121025



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
sedznpb-00380666366–63        2635Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, RussiaDal’negorskoeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050299Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R050299
R070236Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070236
R060474Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060474
R060440Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060440
R0703341st Sovetskii Mine (1st Sovietskiy Mine; 1st Sovietski Mine), Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070334


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