Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Menza District, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 230.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 229.5

mindat Locality ID: 275824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menza District, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vodorazhdelnoye (Vodorazdelnaya)

Latitude: 49°24'59"N
Longitude: 108°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.416388888889,108.66666666667

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.

Analcime	Beryl	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Be Cs Fe H Li Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Beryl Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	230.7	229.5	1	104372	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	230.7	229.5	1	104372	4286
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	230.7	229.5	1	104372	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	230.7	229.5	1	104372	520
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	230.7	229.5	1	104372	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	230.7	229.5	1	104372	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	230.7	229.5	1	104372	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	230.7	229.5	1	104372	688

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	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-0176	230.7	229.5	230.1 ± 0.6	U-Pb	Age of granite									4659	Vodorazhdelnoye (Vodorazdelnaya), Menza District, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	Menza massif	Donskaya et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.07.023	JAES62_79

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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