Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 2768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Central Miass Placer
Kialim Placer
Maly Iremel Placer
Nizhny Karabash Placer
Polyakovka Placer
Suleyminovo Placer
Tashkutarganka Placer

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Barringerite	Bowieite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite
Feldspar	Matlockite	Millerite	Modderite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Auricupride Barringerite Bowieite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Digenite
Feldspar Matlockite Millerite Modderite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anduoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Balkanite ()*	Bowieite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cherepanovite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Daubréeite ()*	Digenite ()*	Edenite ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Gold ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Iridarsenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kashinite ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Laurite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Miassite ()*	Millerite ()*
Osmium ()*	Palladodymite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polkanovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tin ()*	Tolovkite ()*	Tulameenite ()*
Vaesite ()*	Vasilite ()*	Xingzhongite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anduoite ()*	None	RuAs₂	0		9
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Balkanite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₉HgS₈	0		9
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	1	101780	33
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cherepanovite ()*	Modderite	RhAs	0		15
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	0		124
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	0		34
Daubréeite ()*	Matlockite	BiO(OH)	0		13
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		160
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	101779	110
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	0		38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	101779,101780	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2	101779,101780	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	1	101780	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	101780	154
Iridarsenite ()*	None	IrAs₂	1	101780	13
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	2	101779,101780	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2	101779,101780	128
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	0		29
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	0		40
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	101779,101780	226
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	0		192
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	0		311
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅	1	101780	10
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	101780	1066
Osmium ()*	None	Os	2	101779,101780	169
Palladodymite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂As	0		3
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	101779,101780	485
Polkanovite ()*	None	Rh₁₂As₇	0		4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	0		47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	2	101779,101780	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tin ()*	None	Sn	0		63
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS	1	101779	13
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1	101780	48
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	101780	106
Vasilite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₁₆(S,Te)₇	0		11
Xingzhongite ()*	Spinel	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	1	101780	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070035	Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070035
R070076	Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070076
R070074	Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070074

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