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Locality Name:
North-Muya Range, Baunt District, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 288852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North-Muya Range, Baunt District, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Middle Kelyana River

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

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: Ba Br Cl H Hg O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteNoneQuartzStibnite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calomel  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Kelyanite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Quartz  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)250235110419711547
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl250235110419791
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS25023511041972600
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)250235110419736
Kelyanite  (*)NoneHg12SbO6BrCl225023511041971
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2502351104197397
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250235110419761156
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)325023511041978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S325023511041973418



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
Hg-00066250235 K-Ar?     Calomel, Cinnabar, Kelyanite, Mercury, Shakhovite, EglestoniteHg19414Kelyana Hg Deposit, Middle Kelyana River, North-Muya Range, Baunt District, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia Berger et al. (1978)10.1080/00206817809471385IGR20_295 


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