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Locality Name:
Is River, Nizhnyaya Tura, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 276

mindat Locality ID: 5472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Is River, Nizhnyaya Tura, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°46'59"N
Longitude: 59°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.783055555556,59.666666666667

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 Au C Cr Cu Fe Hg Ir Mg O Os Pt S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Cr Cu Fe Hg Ir Mg O Os Pt S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideBrownleeiteCopperHaxoniteNonePerovskitePotariteSpinelXifengite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Cinnabar  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)Gold  (*)Gupeiite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Isovite  (*)Malanite  (*)Naquite  (*)Osmium  (*)Platinum  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tongbaite  (*)Xifengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS32027602600
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S4320276031
Gold  (*)CopperAu320276030554
Gupeiite  (*)NoneFe3Si32027603
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe3202760128
Isovite  (*)Haxonite(Cr,Fe)23C632027602
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4320276035
Naquite  (*)BrownleeiteFeSi32027608
Osmium  (*)NoneOs3202760169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt3202760485
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O432027601934
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe320276066
Tongbaite  (*)NoneCr3C232027603
Xifengite  (*)XifengiteFe5Si332027605



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
Cr-00055320276 Rb-Sr whole rock   Isovite, TongbaiteCr5472Is River, Nizhnyaya Tura, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia Bea et al. (1997)10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00051-6TP276_103charlene listed error as 12,5


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