Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Murzinskoe Deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 305550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murzinskoe Deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Murzinskoe-I Quarry

Latitude: 51°35'45"N
Longitude: 82°36'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.595833333333,82.609166666667
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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
KaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211014345509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110143427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110143427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11014343531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11014344165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211014349895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11014348173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu110143430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110143412537
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1101434471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110143439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211014343106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110143461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110143421482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101434433


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...