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Locality Name:
Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 251.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 213.3

mindat Locality ID: 2749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kharaelakh Lode
No. 1 Shaft

Latitude: 69°31'29"N
Longitude: 88°20'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.524722222222,88.339722222222
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Tl U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Tl U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicAtacamiteAuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCubanite
DjerfisheriteFleischeriteFluoriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMeloniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePotaritePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStillwateriteTochiliniteUllmanniteValleriiteWurtzitehauchecornite

94 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Argentopentlandite  (*)Atokite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutohauchecornite  (*)
Borishanskiite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Cabriite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Ferrotochilinite  (*)
Ferrovalleriite  (*)Frankdicksonite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Genplesite  (*)
Geversite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hibbingite  (*)Kharaelakhite  (*)Kolarite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majakite  (*)Maslovite  (*)
Maucherite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Mooihoekite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Niggliite  (*)
Palladium  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Paolovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbopalladinite  (*)Polarite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Putoranite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Shadlunite  (*)Silver  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannopalladinite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)
Taimyrite-I  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tatyanaite  (*)Telargpalite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Thalfenisite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Urvantsevite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vincentite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2246.9239.311025923419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS246.9239.30312
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe246.9239.30489
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)246.9239.301588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2246.9239.303092
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8246.9239.3067
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn246.9239.3110259229
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au246.9239.3024
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi246.9239.301966
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Bi2S8246.9239.307
Borishanskiite  (*)NonePd1+x(As,Pb)2 (x = 0.0-0.2)246.9239.301
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4246.9239.305516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4246.9239.30101
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb246.9239.30175
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn246.9239.3110259212
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)246.9239.3027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2246.9239.305171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S246.9239.305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2251.3239.32102592,10259327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4246.9239.311025923902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe246.9239.30281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS246.9239.30966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3251.3239.32102592,102593802
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl246.9239.3060
Ferrotochilinite  (*)TochiliniteFeS·≈0.85[Fe(OH)2]246.9239.301
Ferrovalleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Fe,Al,Mg)(OH)2]246.9239.301
Frankdicksonite  (*)FluoriteBaF2246.9239.302
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2246.9239.3110259262
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS251.3213.3110259324243
Genplesite  (*)FleischeriteCa3Sn(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O251.3213.311025931
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2246.9239.3038
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8246.9239.3040
Gold  (*)CopperAu246.9239.3030554
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS246.9239.3062
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2246.9239.30205
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te246.9239.30804
Hibbingite  (*)AtacamiteFe2+2(OH)3Cl246.9239.3013
Kharaelakhite  (*)Pentlandite(Cu,Pt,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8246.9239.302
Kolarite  (*)NonePbTeCl2246.9239.303
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)246.9239.31102592116
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)246.9239.30581
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)246.9239.30451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4251.3213.32102592,10259314899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs246.9239.3110259222
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe246.9239.3110259223
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8246.9239.30161
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As3246.9239.3015
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2246.9239.31102592155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5246.9239.3044
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe246.9239.31102592114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS246.9239.301066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2246.9239.31102592133
Mooihoekite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe9S16251.3239.32102592,10259320
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs246.9239.30633
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn246.9239.3110259222
Palladium  (*)CopperPd246.9239.3059
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As246.9239.3110259237
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn251239.32102592,10259338
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS246.9239.30767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2246.9239.3055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8251.3239.32102592,1025931512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2246.9239.311025922273
Plumbopalladinite  (*)NonePd3Pb2246.9239.3110259210
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)246.9239.3110259210
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2246.9239.301898
Putoranite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu1.1Fe1.2S2246.9239.311025927
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8251.3213.32102592,1025939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2246.9239.3061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)246.9239.301711
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn246.9239.3110259234
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2246.9239.30317
Shadlunite  (*)Pentlandite(Fe,Cu)8(Pb,Cd)S8246.9239.303
Silver  (*)CopperAg251.3213.311025935186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi246.9239.3110259244
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2246.9239.31102592337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS246.9239.3021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4246.9239.30668
Stannopalladinite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)3Sn246.9239.3110259212
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2246.9239.3110259275
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb246.9239.3046
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4246.9239.3011
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16251.3239.32102592,10259335
Tatyanaite  (*)None(Pt,Pd)9Cu3Sn4246.9239.303
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te246.9239.3018
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe246.9239.3110259266
Thalfenisite  (*)DjerfisheriteTl6(Fe,Ni)25S26Cl246.9239.301
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS246.9239.311025921044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2246.9239.302718
Urvantsevite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)2246.9239.311025924
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]251.3250.71102593237
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As246.9239.3110259217
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4246.9239.30380
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS246.9239.30372
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb246.9239.3110259232


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_696Ni-Cu sulfides in intrusions related to flood basalts


10 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
CG247_401-00001242.5241.3241.9±0.6Re-Os    Yes  18549Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaNoril'sk I and Talnakh intrusionsYang et al. (2008)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.11.002CG247_401 
EG105_1057_001251251251     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru18549Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaNorilskBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
GCA59_2071-00001249.9247.5248.7±1.2Ar-Ar biotite743 Yes  250844Noril'sk Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaNORIL'SK ORE JUNCTIONDalrymple et al. (1995)10.1016/0016-7037(95)00127-1GCA59_2071 
GCA59_2071-00002250.4248249.2±1.2Ar-Ar biotite743 Yes  250844Noril'sk Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaNORIL'SK ORE JUNCTIONDalrymple et al. (1995)10.1016/0016-7037(95)00127-1GCA59_2071 
GCA58_4179-00041246.3245.1245.7±0.6Re-Os  90MC5,90MC10,90MC15,90MC16,90MCZC1,R5A,R8,90MCZB1 Yes  195512Medvezhyi Ruchei Mine, Noril'sk-1 Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaMedvezky Creek mineWalker et al. (1994)10.1016/0016-7037(94)90272-0GCA58_4179 
GCA58_4179-00042247247 Re-Os  90OC1,90OC4,90OC5,90OC9,90OCI0,90OC12,90OC14,90OC2 Yes  2751Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaKharaelakhWalker et al. (1994)10.1016/0016-7037(94)90272-0GCA58_4179 
GCA59_2071-00007250.3247.5248.9±1.4Ar-Ar biotiteSG-28-1909.1 Yes  2751Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaLower Talnakh intrusionDalrymple et al. (1995)10.1016/0016-7037(95)00127-1GCA59_2071 
GCA59_2071-00008215.5213.3214.4±1.1Ar-Ar plagioclaseSG-28-2013.5 Yes  2751Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaLower Talnakh intrusionDalrymple et al. (1995)10.1016/0016-7037(95)00127-1GCA59_2071 
Michelle_696251.3250.7251±0.3     Yes Ni, Cu2751Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaTalnakh(T)Hoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
CG247_401-00002246.9239.3243.1±3.8Re-Os       266145Kharaelakh Lode, Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RussiaKharaelakh intrusionYang et al. (2008)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.11.002CG247_401 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070459Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070459
R070679Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070679
R070677Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070677
R070711Oktyabrsky Mine (Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni Deposit; Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070711

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