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Locality Name:
Argayashsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 310070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310070.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pit No. 400

Latitude: 55°17'57"N
Longitude: 60°14'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.299166666667,60.248888888889

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Scheelite
Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*
Danalite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Helvine ()*	Huttonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Makarochkinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Th Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Columbite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Scheelite
Sodalite Spinel Titanite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	265	265	1	101633	3419
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	265	265	1	101633	706
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	265	265	1	101633	606
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	265	265	1	101633	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	265	265	1	101633	1797
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	265	265	1	101633	58
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	265	265	1	101633	196
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	265	265	1	101633	57
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	265	265	1	101633	84
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	265	265	1	101633	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	265	265	1	101633	163
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	265	265	1	101633	209
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	265	265	1	101633	237
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	265	265	1	101633	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	265	265	1	101633	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	265	265	1	101633	14899
Makarochkinite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₈Be₂Al₂O₃₆]	265	265	1	101633	2
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	265	265	1	101633	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	265	265	1	101633	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	265	265	1	101633	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	265	265	1	101633	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	265	265	1	101633	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	265	265	1	101633	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	265	265	1	101633	4894
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	265	265	1	101633	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	265	265	1	101633	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	265	265	1	101633	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00041	265	265	265			high						Makarochkinite	Be	20538	Pit No. 400, Argayashsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia		Grew et al. (2005)	10.2138/am.2005.1759	AM90_1402

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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