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Locality Name:
Korbalikha River, Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 388

mindat Locality ID: 293255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Korbalikha River, Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zmeevka Stream

Latitude: 51°13'0"N
Longitude: 82°17'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.216666666667,82.299444444444

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
GypsumJalpaiteMalachiteMicaMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtiteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S39338811014272793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39338811014279052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)239338811014275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393388110142711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439338811014275516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393388110142727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39338811014274979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S39338811014275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393388110142727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl39338811014271382
Copper  (*)CopperCu39338811014273846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O39338811014272970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239338811014279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393388110142724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu393388110142730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39338811014276890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393388110142714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3933881101427804
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS23933881101427116
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2393388110142712537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43933881101427247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393388110142717380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se3933881101427192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393388110142739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393388110142761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239338811014275614
Silver  (*)CopperAg39338811014275186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)39338811014272473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393388110142721482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3933881101427332
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe3933881101427190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339338811014271803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339338811014275317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2393388110142746
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)3933881101427251
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39338811014275251



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
vms-00831393388Middle Devonian (Eifelian)        2620Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine; Snake Mountain Mine; Schlangenberg Mine), Zmeevka Stream, Korbalikha River, Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, RussiaZmeinogorskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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