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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:
Yetkulsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 318

mindat Locality ID: 310085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310085.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zelenodolskoe Cu Deposit

Latitude: 54°43'0"N
Longitude: 61°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.716666666667,61.066666666667
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 Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite
Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359318110187427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359318110187424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3359318110187414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435931811018745591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4359318110187414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235931811018745800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2359318110187417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359318110187439462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359318110187421482


1 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
PorphCu-00372359318Early Carboniferous      Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206160Zelenodolskoe Cu Deposit, Yetkulsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaZelenodolskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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