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Locality Name:
Akatui Pb-Zn Deposit, Akatui, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 2779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akatui Pb-Zn Deposit, Akatui, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°4'2"N
Longitude: 117°47'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.067222222222,117.78416666667

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: As Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCovelliteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chvilevaite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16410009052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S16410005707
Chvilevaite  (*)NoneNa(Cu,Fe,Zn)2S216410001
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS16410004165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS164100024243
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2164100061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS164100021482



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
sedznpb-00378164100Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous        2779Akatui Pb-Zn Deposit, Akatui, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaAkatuevskoeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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