Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Letnee Quarry, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 425
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 56299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56299.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Letnee Quarry, Orenburg 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

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.

Chalcanthite	Covellite	Epsomite	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	Melanterite	None	Starkeyite

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 Co Cu H O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Co Cu H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Covellite Epsomite Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kieserite Melanterite None Starkeyite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aplowite ()*	Bianchite ()*	Bieberite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Covellite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gunningite ()*	Moorhouseite ()*	Wupatkiite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aplowite ()*	Starkeyite	Co(SO₄)·4H₂O	425	425	6
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	425	383	40
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	425	425	50
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	425	383	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	425	383	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	425	383	4165
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	425	383	188
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	425	383	48
Moorhouseite ()*	Hexahydrite	Co(SO₄)·6H₂O	425	425	14
Wupatkiite ()*	Halotrichite	CoAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	425	425	5

2 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
	Kristen002461	393	383	Mid-Devonian		age of deposit								Cu, Zn	56299	Letnee Quarry, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Letnye	Herrington et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014	OGR27_203
	vms-00779	425	425	Silurian										S	56299	Letnee Quarry, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Letnee	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...