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Locality Name:
Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 310073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mikheevskoe Cu Deposit
Novonikolaevskoe Cu Deposit

Latitude: 53°13'46"N
Longitude: 60°41'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.229444444444,60.695

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	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paragonite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite

35 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	340	23	2	101721,101722	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	33.9	23	1	101721	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	33.9	23	1	101721	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	33.9	23	1	101721	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	23	1	101721	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	23	1	101721	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	340	23	2	101721,101722	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	33.9	23	1	101721	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	33.9	23	1	101721	169
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	340	23	2	101721,101722	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	23	1	101721	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.9	23	1	101721	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	23	1	101721	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	33.9	23	1	101721	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	23	1	101721	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33.9	23	1	101721	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	33.9	23	1	101721	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	33.9	23	1	101721	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.9	23	1	101721	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	340	23	2	101721,101722	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	33.9	23	1	101721	767
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	340	340	1	101722	247
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	33.9	23	1	101721	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	340	23	2	101721,101722	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.9	23	1	101721	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33.9	23	1	101721	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	33.9	23	1	101721	5614
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	33.9	23	1	101721	24
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	23	1	101721	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	33.9	23	1	101721	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	340	340	1	101722	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	33.9	23	1	101721	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	33.9	23	1	101721	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.9	23	1	101721	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	33.9	23	1	101721	4899

2 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
	PorphCu-00700	33.9	23	Oligocene									Actinolite, Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	205744	Mikheevskoe Cu Deposit, Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Miheevskoye	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00370	340	340	340									Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Paragonite, Pyrite, Talc	Cu	206158	Novonikolaevskoe Cu Deposit, Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Novonikolaevsk	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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