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Locality Name:
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 4642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°35'0"N
Longitude: 135°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.583333333333,135.66666666667

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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAxiniteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteDanburiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
IlvaiteKaoliniteKobelliteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeiteOxalate
PolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepioliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
ValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Johannsenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Weddellite  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S666302793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2666303419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS66630312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)666308803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2666302162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2666303092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS666309052
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)26663088
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi666301966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1166630843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3666301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6663027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2666305171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26663027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)466630951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8666301756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS666304165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S366630802
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O866630148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)66630498
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S866630126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)466630651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6666304135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2666309895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)666308173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2666309617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1266630663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6663024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S466630192
Gold  (*)CopperAu6663030554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O666630741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te66630804
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O66630144
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)66630197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1466630784
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O66663073
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46663014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2666305674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)266630168
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS266630252
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS266630300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26663017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O666302994
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S286663089
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2666302273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]66630716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2666301898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3666301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26663039462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO366630147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8666309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26663061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)666301711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2666305614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O66630301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)666304894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O666301153
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O66630241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)666306417
Silver  (*)CopperAg666305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6663021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4666301934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS466630668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3666303418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O66630456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2666303337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO26663052
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te366630276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13666305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O666304899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2666302562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]66630237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10666301395
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O6663032
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O6663066
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS366630297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3666301247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS66630372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4266630228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)666305251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)666301025



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
sedznpb-00380666366–63     Yes  2635Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, RussiaDal’negorskoeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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