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Locality Name:
Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 385
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 302663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bereznyakovskoe Ore Field
Birgil'da
Michurino Depsit
Pervomayskiy
Yaguzak Cu Deposit

Latitude: 54°57'5"N
Longitude: 61°8'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.951388888889,61.140833333333
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 Co Cu Fe H Hg In K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannoidite
StibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriiteWurtziteZircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kostovite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)
Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vinciennite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Weissite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11018312793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)234734711018283419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3853473101828,101831,1018338803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1101831489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211018313092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110183111547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S334734711018281935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS434734711018285516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21101831361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3473472101828,10183127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3473472101828,1018315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23852995101828,101831,101832,101833,10183427198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1101831281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3473471101828966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1101831169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3473472101828,1018314165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11018311027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41101831910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3852995101828,101831,101832,101833,1018348173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110183124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110183130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3347347110182814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3473472101828,101831804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O334734711018285433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611018312228
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4110183121
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81101831111
Lead  (*)CopperPb1101831192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43852993101828,101832,10183414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23852993101828,101832,1018345674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8110183192
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23852994101828,101832,101833,1018345800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23852995101828,101831,101832,101833,10183417380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23852993101831,101832,101834247
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21101831409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23852995101828,101831,101832,101833,10183439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21101831771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83852995101828,101831,101832,101833,1018349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23473472101828,10183161156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2385299110183046
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4110183164
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23473472101828,1018315614
Silver  (*)CopperAg11018315186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3853592101831,10183321482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12110183180
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41101831337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1101831190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31101831276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133473472101828,1018311803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133473472101828,1018315317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3473472101828,1018314899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1101831237
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS16110183113
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2110183164
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe110183131
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11018315251


4 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
PorphCu-00253347347347      Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, RutileCu204651Birgildinskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Birgil'da, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBirgildinskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00252385299Late Devonian–Carboniferous ?      Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Paragonite, Pyrite, PyrrhotiteCu204650Tominskoye Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Pervomayskiy, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaTominskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00258385359Late Devonian      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu205741Voznesenskoe Cu Deposit, Pervomayskiy, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaVoznesenskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00260385299Late Devonian–Carboniferous ?      Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Paragonite, Pyrite, PyrrhotiteCu205743Yaguzak Cu Deposit, Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaYaguzakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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