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Locality Name:
Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 412
Youngest recorded age at locality: 349.6

mindat Locality ID: 2786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°7'0"N
Longitude: 93°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.116666666667,93.666666666667
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparKaolinite
LöllingiteLiroconiteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSmolyaninoviteSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Krutovite  (*)Lazarenkoite  (*)Liroconite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Shubnikovite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Vladimirite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S412349.602793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)412349.608803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS412349.6056
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2412349.603092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O412349.60445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)412349.603250
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8412403067
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs412349.60379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2349.6349.605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)412349.6011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi412349.601966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4349.6349.605516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb4124030175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)412349.6027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2349.6349.6027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2412349.609895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O412349.60814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS412349.6024243
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)412349.60111
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4412349.605591
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2412349.6011
Lazarenkoite  (*)NoneCaFe3+As3+3O7·3H2O412349.603
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O412349.6018
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2412349.60762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2349.6349.6012537
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs412349.60633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3412349.60176
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)412349.602349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS412349.60767
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O412349.6099
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2412349.601898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2412349.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2412349.6061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2412349.60233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2412349.60317
Shubnikovite  (*)NoneCa2Cu8(AsO4)6Cl(OH)·7H2O (?)412349.601
Silver  (*)CopperAg412349.605186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3412349.60531
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O412349.6013
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS412349.6021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2412349.603337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13412349.601803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O412349.60245
Vladimirite  (*)NoneCa4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O412349.6015


5 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
Alexandra-0012412403412–403Ar-ArAge of veinshigh     Ni, Co, As2786Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, RussiaKhovu-AksyTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078First stage of mineralization
Alexandra-0013388.4379383.7 ± 4.7Ar-ArAge of mineralizationsericite    Cu, Co, As2786Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, RussiaKhovu-AksyTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078Second stage of mineralization
Alexandra-0014349.6349.6349.6Ar-ArAge of mineralizationhighsericite    Cu, Co, As2786Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, RussiaKhovu-AksyTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078Second stage of mineralization
Co-00067412403 Ar-Ar sericite    Co, Ni, As2786Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, Russia Tretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 
Co-00068383350        Co, Cu, As2786Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva, Russia Tretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 

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