Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 388

mindat Locality ID: 47577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Agapovka
Alexandrinskoye Cu-Zn Deposit
Magnitnaya Mine
Malyi Kuibas Iron Mine
Sakhara District (Sakharinskii)

Latitude: 53°25'42"N
Longitude: 59°6'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.428333333333,59.109722222222

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Gadolinite	Garnet	Germanite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H K La Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Gadolinite Garnet Germanite Hexahydrite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Allanite-(La) ()*	Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Clintonite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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			1	101764	3419
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	101759	25
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	101759	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	101763	356
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	101762	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	101759	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	408	388	1	101757	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	408	388	1	101757	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	408	388	1	101757	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	101756,101759,101762	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	408	388	2	101757,101759	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	101762	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	101759,101763	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	101759	1025
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	101763	86
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	101759	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	408	388	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	101756,101759,101763	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	101759	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	101759	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	408	388	1	101757	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	408	388	1	101757	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	101762	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	408	388	1	101757	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	101759	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	408	388	4	101757,101758,101759,101762	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	101763	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	101762,101763	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	101763	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	101758,101759,101762	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	101759	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	101759	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	101762	1508
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	101763	37
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	101763	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	101763	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	101763	306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	101764	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	101759	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	408	388	2	101757,101759	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	101759	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	408	388	4	101757,101759,101762,101763	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	408	388	1	101757	37
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	101763	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	101763	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	408	388	1	101757	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	101762	1934
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	101759	189
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	408	388	1	101757	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	101762,101763,101764	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	408	388	1	101757	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	101759	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			2	101763,101764	652

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
	vms-00745	408	388	Middle Devonian (Emsian-Eifelian)											190417	Alexandrinskoye Cu-Zn Deposit, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Aleksandrinskoe	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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