Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Upper Seymchan Deposit, Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 265660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Seymchan Deposit, Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°13'30"N
Longitude: 151°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.225,151.43333333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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: As Co Cu Fe O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co Cu Fe O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	105	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	150	105	966
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	105	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	105	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	105	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	105	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0042	146	146	146	Ar-Ar	Age of intrusion		Yes		Co, Ag, Bi, As, Te, Se	265658	Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia	Seymchan	Goryachev et al. (2014)	10.1134/S1075701514050055	GOD56_322	The upper chronological limit of the superposed mineralization (4 stages of ore mineralization)
Alexandra-0043	150	150	150	U-Pb	Age of intrusion	zircon	Yes	Zircon	Co, Ag, Bi, As, Te, Se	265658	Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia	Seymchan	Goryachev et al. (2014)	10.1134/S1075701514050055	GOD56_322	The upper chronological limit of the superposed mineralization (4 stages of ore mineralization)
Alexandra-0044	105	105	105	K-Ar	Age of intrusion		Yes		Co, Ag, Bi, As, Te, Se	265658	Seymchan Ore Cluster, Magadan Oblast, Russia	Seymchan	Goryachev et al. (2014)	10.1134/S1075701514050055	GOD56_322	The upper chronological limit of the superposed mineralization (4 stages of ore mineralization)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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