Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Udachnaya Open-pit Mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya Pipe; Udachnaya Pipe), Daldyn, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 5801
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5801.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Udachnaya Open-pit Mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya Pipe; Udachnaya Pipe), Daldyn, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°25'59"N
Longitude: 112°19'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.433055555556,112.31666666667

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.

Alstonite	Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Bradleyite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Djerfisherite	Fairchildite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Hydrotalcite
Iron	Mica	Nickeline	None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Paralstonite	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scacchite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tochilinite	Tridymite
Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alstonite Amphibole Aphthitalite Baryte Bradleyite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Cubanite Diamond Djerfisherite Fairchildite Garnet Gypsum Humite Hydrotalcite
Iron Mica Nickeline None Northupite Not in a structural group Olivine Paralstonite Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Scacchite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tochilinite Tridymite
Wollastonite Wurtzite Wöhlerite

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Alstonite ()*	Amakinite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Aphthitalite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bradleyite ()*	Brucite ()*
Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloromagnesite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eitelite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iowaite ()*	Iron ()*	Kogarkoite ()*	Kuliginite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Northupite ()*
Nyerereite ()*	Olekminskite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paralstonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pirssonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rasvumite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schairerite ()*	Shortite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Troilite ()*
Trona ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wüstite ()*	Zemkorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	352	342	286
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	352	342	24
Amakinite ()*	Brucite	Fe(OH)₂	352	342	3
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	352	342	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	352	342	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	352	342	77
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	352	342	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	352	342	11547
Bradleyite ()*	Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(PO₄)(CO₃)	352	342	14
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	352	342	462
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	352	342	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	352	342	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	352	342	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	352	342	27198
Chloromagnesite ()*	Scacchite	MgCl₂	352	342	4
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	352	342	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	352	342	26
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	352	342	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	352	342	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	352	342	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	352	342	802
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	352	342	67
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	352	342	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	352	342	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	352	342	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	352	342	9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	352	342	20
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	352	342	944
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	352	342	30
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	352	342	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	352	342	24243
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	352	342	57
Graphite ()*	None	C	352	342	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	352	342	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	352	342	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	352	342	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	352	342	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	352	342	407
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	352	342	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	352	342	5433
Iowaite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₆Cl₂·4H₂O	352	342	14
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	352	342	1089
Kogarkoite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)F	352	342	14
Kuliginite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂	352	342	1
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	352	342	1507
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	352	342	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	352	342	14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	352	342	153
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	352	342	884
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	352	342	31
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	352	342	18
Olekminskite ()*	Paralstonite	Sr₂(CO₃)₂	352	342	8
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	352	342	229
Paralstonite ()*	Paralstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	352	342	7
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	352	342	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	352	342	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	352	342	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	352	342	2273
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	352	342	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	352	342	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	352	342	341
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	352	342	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	352	342	9056
Rasvumite ()*	Cubanite	KFe₂S₃	352	342	19
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	352	342	5614
Schairerite ()*	None	Na₂₁(SO₄)₇ClF₆	352	342	4
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	352	342	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	352	342	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	352	342	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	352	342	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	352	342	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	352	342	275
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	352	342	27
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	352	342	56
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	352	342	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	352	342	129
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	352	342	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	352	342	74
Zemkorite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	352	342	5

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_381	Diamondiferous Udachnaya kimberlite is emplaced into Ordovician limestone and dolomite. Composed of two intersecting pipes.

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
	Michelle_381	352	342	347±5	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement									5801	Udachnaya Open-pit Mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya Pipe; Udachnaya Pipe), Daldyn, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia	Udachnaya pipe	Maas et al. (2005)	10.1130/G21257.1	G33_549	Age of kimberlite emplacement. Accounting for previous geochronological work the author has determined that 347±5 is the best age.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060878	Udachnaya Open-pit Mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya Pipe; Udachnaya Pipe), Daldyn, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia	https://rruff.info/R060878

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