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Locality Name:
Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450

mindat Locality ID: 2744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Burovshchina Marble Quarry
Ol'khonskiye Vorota Strait (Olkhon Gate)
Ol’khon Region
Slyudyanka (Sludyanka)
Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif)

Latitude: 52°33'26"N
Longitude: 105°52'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.557222222222,105.88083333333
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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Sb Si Th Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteBaddeleyiteBaryteBerdesinskiiteBerylBruciteCalcite
CalzirtiteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDanburiteDjerfisherite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHarkeriteHumiteLudwigiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScapoliteSchreyeriteSodalite
SpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteSulphurTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteZircon

95 IMA Minerals at location:
Afghanite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Augite  (*)Azoproite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Batisivite  (*)Berdesinskiite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Bultfonteinite  (*)Bystrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chromium-dravite  (*)Chromo-alumino-povondraite  (*)
Chromphyllite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cuprokalininite  (*)
Danburite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Eskolaite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Florensovite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Franklinite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goldmanite  (*)Graphite  (*)Harkerite  (*)
Haüyne  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kalininite  (*)Karelianite  (*)
Kirschsteinite  (*)Kosmochlor  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazurite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesiocoulsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganochromite  (*)Mannardite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natalyite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Olkhonskite  (*)Opal  (*)Oxy-chromium-dravite  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)
Oxy-vanadium-dravite  (*)Oxyvanite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Santabarbaraite  (*)Schreyerite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Sulfhydrylbystrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tazheranite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tounkite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite  (*)Vanadio-oxy-dravite  (*)
Vanadio-pargasite  (*)Vladimirivanovite  (*)Vuorelainenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl64814812102108,10210925
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4814811102106706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34814812102116,1021182353
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611021182060
Azoproite  (*)LudwigiteMg2[(Ti,Mg),Fe3+]O2(BO3)11021183
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21102118238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)481481110211211547
Batisivite  (*)NoneBaTi6(V,Cr)8(Si2O7)O2248148111021122
Berdesinskiite  (*)BerdesinskiiteV3+2TiO55004502102104,1021127
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21102118462
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O110211820
Bystrite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6)O24(S5)2-Cl1-48148111021081
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4814819102103,102106,102108,102109,102110,102111,102112,102115,10211827770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16110211832
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)24814811102112309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O4814811102108310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24814812102108,10211227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44814812102112,1021143902
Chromium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Cr6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)48148111021146
Chromo-alumino-povondraite  (*)TourmalineNaCr3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O48148111021122
Chromphyllite  (*)MicaKCr2(AlSi3O10)(OH)24814812102112,1021146
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F24814812102112,102118236
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1850045011021041008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311021181797
Cuprokalininite  (*)SpinelCu(Cr3+Cr4+)S448148111021121
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O84814811102112148
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O648148110102103,102106,102108,102109,102110,102111,102112,102115,102117,1021184135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl110211860
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24814812102108,1021189895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4814811102112648
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O35004503102104,102112,10211430
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6481481110211684
Florensovite  (*)SpinelCu(Cr1.5Sb0.5)S448148111021121
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F4814815102106,102109,102110,102111,1021122740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)4814813102115,102117,1021181188
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O4481481110211252
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3110211870
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3481481110211231
Graphite  (*)NoneC5004503102104,102105,1021082812
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)110211811
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)4814814102106,102108,102109,102115158
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1102118341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O348148111021125433
Kalininite  (*)SpinelZnCr2S448148111021124
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O35004502102104,10211217
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)110211833
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O6481481110211213
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO450045011021041507
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O4814814102106,102108,102109,10211537
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1102118134
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O44814811102112311
Magnesiocoulsonite  (*)SpinelMgV2O448148111021121
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110211814899
Manganochromite  (*)SpinelMn2+Cr2O450045011021046
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O16481481110211212
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)4814811102106176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4814812102106,1021184924
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)4814812102117,102118153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24814813102106,102112,10211417380
Natalyite  (*)PyroxeneNaV3+Si2O648148111021123
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)4814811102117884
Olkhonskite  (*)SchreyeriteCr2Ti3O950045011021041
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11021052994
Oxy-chromium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaCr3(Cr4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O48148111021122
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O5004502102104,10211224
Oxy-vanadium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaV3(V4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O48148111021061
Oxyvanite  (*)BerdesinskiiteV3+2V4+O548148111021064
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)24814811102106313
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31102118495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)24814818102103,102108,102109,102110,102112,102114,102115,1021172273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24814815102103,102108,102109,102112,10211539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811021189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24814815102105,102108,102112,102114,10211661156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24814811102112253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25004503102104,102112,1021185614
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O481481110211021
Schreyerite  (*)SchreyeriteV3+2Ti4+3O95004503102104,102106,10211210
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO550045011021041516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl4814811102108444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44814814102112,102115,102117,1021181934
Sulfhydrylbystrite  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa5K2Ca[Al6Si6O24](S5)2-(SH)-48148111021081
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS48148111021082045
Tazheranite  (*)Fluorite(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,   )211021188
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO24814811102117236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4814813102106,102112,1021184899
Tounkite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,Ca,K)8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)2Cl·0.5H2O4814812102108,1021092
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)24814812102105,1021122562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)34814812102112,102114212
Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaV3(Cr4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O48148111021121
Vanadio-oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O48148111021121
Vanadio-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4V)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)248148111021121
Vladimirivanovite  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa6Ca2[Al6Si6O24](SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2·H2O48148111021092
Vuorelainenite  (*)SpinelMn2+V3+2O450045011021049
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4814812102112,1021185251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11021181025


3 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
Cr-00029500450480Pb monazite, allanite, zircon, thorite, phlogopite   Eskolaite, OlkhonskiteCr2720Ol'khonskiye Vorota Strait (Olkhon Gate), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaBaikalGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 
Cr-00031481481 U-Pb     Chromite, Chromphyllite, Eskolaite, Florensovite, Kalininite, Magnesiochromite, Uvarovite, Cuprokalininite, Oxy-chromium-dravite, Vanadio-oxy-chromium-draviteCr8185Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Kotov et al. (1997) P5_338 
Cr-00030481481       Chromium-dravite, Chromite, Chromphyllite, Eskolaite, UvaroviteCr20554Kaber's Pit, Pokhabikha River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Kotov et al. (1997) P5_338 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040008Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R040008
R060642Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060642
R070218Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070218

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