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Locality Name:
Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 288888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alexandrinskoye Deposit
Mezhozerny Settlement
Mezhozyorny
Molodezhnoye Deposit
Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe)

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGermaniteGypsumJalpaite
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannoiditeTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Colusite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Empressite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montbrayite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3933832101842,1018482793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe3933834101844,101847,101848,101849489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211018442162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)339338311018481534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3933834101844,101847,101848,1018499052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)239338311018465509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3933834101842,101844,101847,10184811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43933884101842,101844,101847,1018485516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3933833101844,101846,10184827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11018445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23933885101842,101844,101847,101848,10184927198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11018441025
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe3933834101844,101847,101848,101849169
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161101847110
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O39338311018462970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11018421027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23933832101844,1018489895
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe110184743
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42101844,101847910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3933832101844,1018488173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F39338311018482740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239338311018489617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3933834101842,101844,101847,10184824243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S162101842,10184433
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)39338311018467437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3933836101842,101844,101846,101847,101848,10184930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39338311018486890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33933833101844,101847,10184814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3933835101842,101844,101847,101848,101849804
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O393383110184662
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339338311018485433
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21101847116
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe83933831101848111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43933834101844,101847,101848,10184914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2393383110184612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23933833101844,101847,1018485674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8110184792
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4110184751
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS239338311018485800
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38110184419
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23933832101844,10184817380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63933831101846254
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe23933833101844,101848,101849409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23933835101842,101844,101847,101848,10184939462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21101844771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83933834101844,101847,101848,1018499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23933833101844,101846,10184861156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16110184237
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211018445614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3933833101844,101848,1018496417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3933832101844,1018485186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3933884101842,101844,101847,10184821482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12110184780
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3101842,101844,101847332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)3933832101848,10184992
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe43933832101848,101849337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe3933832101848,101849190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te33933834101844,101847,101848,101849276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133933885101842,101844,101847,101848,1018491803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1101844510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133933882101848,1018495317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31101844297
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39338311018481025



3 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
vms-00821393383Middle Devonian        221184Imeni XIX Parts'ezda Deposit, Mezhozyorny, Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaXIX PartsiezdaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
Kristen002474393388Mid-Devonian (Eifelian-australis/kokelianus zone) age of deposit     Cu, Zn185841Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe), Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaUzelgaHerrington et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014OGR27_203 
vms-00815393383Middle Devonian        185841Uzel'ga Zn-Cu Deposit (Uzelginsk; Uzel'ginskoe), Verkhneuralsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaUzelginskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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