Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Eastern Sayan, Buryatia, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 304082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Sayan, Buryatia, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Snezhnoe Be Deposit

Latitude: 52°57'39"N
Longitude: 99°17'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.960833333333,99.297777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Th Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	101615	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	101615	8803
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	101615	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	101615	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	101615	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101615	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	101615	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	101615	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	101615	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	101615	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	101615	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	101615	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	101615	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	101615	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101615	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	101615	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101615	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101615	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101615	375
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	101615	21482
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	101615	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	101615	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	101615	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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