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Locality Name:
Sopcheozerskoe Deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2490

mindat Locality ID: 48414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sopcheozerskoe Deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Cr Fe Ir Ni O Os Ru S Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Fe Ir Ni O Os Ru S Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperMilleriteNonePentlanditePyriteRutileSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Iridium  (*)Laurite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42490249003902
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2249024900110
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2249024900205
Iridium  (*)CopperIr249024900162
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2249024900226
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2490249001066
Osmium  (*)NoneOs249024900169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82490249001512
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu24902490046
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22490249005614



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
EG105_1057_028249024902490     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru23273Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaMonchegorskBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 


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