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Locality Name:
Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 310069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Buranov Deposit

Latitude: 53°19'59"N
Longitude: 59°31'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.333055555556,59.530277777778

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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
FeldsparMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS33502651101631315
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O3502651101631143
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S335026511016311935
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350265110163124243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235026511016315800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35026511016312349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2350265110163139462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235026511016315614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)35026511016314894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS350265110163121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335026511016315317



5 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
Alexandra-0050315265290 ±25U–PbAge of rockzircon   ZirconScheeliteAu125544Buranov Deposit, Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBurannoeKnyazev et al. (2013) SGMRF_N-40_EN 
Alexandra-0051350290320±30U–PbAge of rockzircon   ZirconScheeliteAu125544Buranov Deposit, Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBurannoeKnyazev et al. (2013) SGMRF_N-40_EN 
Alexandra-0052283283283K-ArAge of rock    ScheeliteAu125544Buranov Deposit, Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBurannoeKnyazev et al. (2013) SGMRF_N-40_EN 
Alexandra-0053325278325-278Rb-SrAge of rock    ScheeliteAu125544Buranov Deposit, Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBurannoeKnyazev et al. (2013) SGMRF_N-40_EN 
Alexandra-0054290280285±5Rb-SrAge of rock    ScheeliteAu125544Buranov Deposit, Agapovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaBurannoeKnyazev et al. (2013) SGMRF_N-40_EN 


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