Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.9

mindat Locality ID: 276093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Anomaly No. 3
Malyi Mukulan Sn Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Copper	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite

Andradite ()*	Baksanite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Huntite ()*
Ingodite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sergeevite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Copper Epsomite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetradymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	542	251	1	102174	1534
Baksanite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₆Te₂S₃	542	251	1	102174	4
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	542	251	1	102174	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	542	251	1	102175	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	542	251	1	102174	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	542	251	1	102175	925
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	542	251	1	102175	484
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	542	251	1	102174	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	542	251	1	102175	6890
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	542	251	1	102175	69
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	542	251	1	102174	30
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	542	251	1	102174	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	542	251	1	102174	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	542	251	1	102175	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	542	251	1	102174	5800
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	542	251	1	102174	4894
Sergeevite ()*	None	Ca₂Mg₁₁(CO₃)₉(HCO₃)₄(OH)₄·6H₂O	542	251	2	102174,102175	2
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	542	251	1	102174	456
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	542	251	1	102174	510

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_519	The Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit in the Northern Caucasus underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.
Michelle_533	The Tyrnyauz ore field incorporates relatively young and diverse subvolcanic and plutonic rocks, including the Eldzhurtinsky granite massif. This sample is of Tyrnyauz rhyolite.
Michelle_534	The Tyrnyauz ore field incorporates relatively young and diverse subvolcanic and plutonic rocks, including the Eldzhurtinsky granite massif. This sample is from vitrophyre dykes in rhyolite.

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	Sample Num	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
Michelle_519	542	251	Paleozoic		Age of metamorphism			Scheelite	W, Mo	276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Gramenitskiy (2016)	10.1134/S1075701516050056	GOD58_442	The deposit underwent Paleozoic ore forming metamorphism and later non ore forming intrusions ~2 ma.
Michelle_533	1.95	1.95	1.95	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Crystallization age of neointrusion	biotite, plagioclase, sanidine	Tz 14			276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Lebedev et al. (2003)		DES396_529	Age of Tyrnyauz rhyolite. It appears to post date the age of the ore mineralization.
Michelle_534	1.95	1.9	1.90–1.95	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Crystallization age of neointrusion	biotite, plagioclase, pyroxene	Tz 11			276093	Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit	Lebedev et al. (2003)		DES396_529	Age of the vitrophyre dykes in rhyolite. It appears to post date the age of the ore mineralization.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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