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Locality Name:
Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 347
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 277577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Birgildinskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit

Latitude: 54°59'46"N
Longitude: 61°5'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.996111111111,61.088055555556
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
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)234734711018283419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)34734711018288803
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S334734711018281935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS434734711018285516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)347347110182827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S34734711018285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2347347110182827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3473471101828966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS34734711018284165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)34734711018288173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3347347110182814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3473471101828804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O334734711018285433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4347347110182814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS234734711018285674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS234734711018285800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2347347110182817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2347347110182839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S834734711018289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2347347110182861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO234734711018285614
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1334734711018281803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1334734711018285317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O34734711018284899


1 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
PorphCu-00253347347347      Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, RutileCu204651Birgildinskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBirgildinskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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