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Locality Name:
Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 794
Youngest recorded age at locality: 684

mindat Locality ID: 275782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif

Latitude: 56°30'0"N
Longitude: 110°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.5,110
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAphthitaliteArsenicAuricuprideBarringeriteBruciteCalciteCalzirtiteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCubaniteFluoriteLöllingiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxeneRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
Spurrite-AfwilliteStillwateriteTetradymiteTobermoriteVesuvianiteWurtziteWöhlerite

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Atheneite  (*)Atokite  (*)Augite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dovyrenite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)
Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Majakite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)
Merwinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Potarite  (*)Mertieite-I  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sudburyite  (*)
Taimyrite-I  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tazheranite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O794684110420441
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)794684110420415
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn794684110420429
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O679468411042042060
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O479468411042048
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi79468411042041966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS479468411042045516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)27946841104204462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)794684110420427770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16794684110420432
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2794684110420427198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe7946841104204281
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S37946841104204802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O679468411042044135
Dovyrenite  (*)NoneCa6Zr(Si2O7)2(OH)479468411042042
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F79468411042042740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)79468411042041188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2794684110420419
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS794684110420424243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2794684110420438
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8794684110420440
Gold  (*)CopperAu794684110420430554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S27946841104204205
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH7946841104204367
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH794684110420422
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O379468411042045433
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe7946841104204128
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)7946841104204116
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3794684110420430
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)7946841104204451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4794684110420414899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs794684110420422
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe794684110420423
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As87946841104204161
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5794684110420444
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2794684110420423
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS279468411042045800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)27946841104204133
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)7946841104204153
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb794684110420411
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs7946841104204633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As37946841104204176
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn794684110420438
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S879468411042041512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO37946841104204495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)279468411042042273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt7946841104204485
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)794684110420428
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg794684110420425
Mertieite-I  (*)NonePd5+x(Sb,As)2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)79468411042049
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2794684110420439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S879468411042049056
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs27946841104204233
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn794684110420434
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs27946841104204317
Silver  (*)CopperAg79468411042045186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs27946841104204337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS794684110420421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O479468411042041934
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb794684110420446
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4794684110420411
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16794684110420435
Tazheranite  (*)Fluorite(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,   )279468411042048
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu794684110420430
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe794684110420466
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS79468411042041044
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe794684110420448
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1079468411042041395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S47946841104204380
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb794684110420432


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
Deep-Dive-other-00039731.8725728.4±3.4        109722Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaYoko-Dovyren massifPolyakov et al. (2013)10.1016/j.rgg.2013.10.008RG54_1319 
DeepDive-Co-0007725725725 proposed age for ore-forming related Dovyren-Kingash LIP in southern Sideria      109722Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaYoko-Dovyren massifPolyakov et al. (2013)10.1016/j.rgg.2013.10.008RG54_1319proposed age for ore-forming related Dovyren-Kingash LIP in southern Sideria
Hg-00112794684 Rb-Sr     AtheneiteHg109722Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia Kislov et al. (1989); Kislov (2005)   

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