Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 72970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Amandak F-Be Deposit
Aunik F-Be Deposit
Dybryn U Deposit
Khiagda U Deposit
Solongo B Deposit

Latitude: 54°8'47"N
Longitude: 113°10'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.146388888889,113.17805555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Formate	Gypsum	Harkerite	Ludwigite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natroautunite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 As B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baddeleyite Baryte Brucite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Formate Gypsum Harkerite Ludwigite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natroautunite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Babefphite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Borcarite ()*	Brucite ()*
Buryatite ()*	Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chernikovite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Dashkovaite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fedorovskite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Formicaite ()*	Frolovite ()*
Galena ()*	Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hexahydroborite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Johnbaumite ()*	Kurchatovite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Ningyoite ()*	Pentahydroborite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Portlandite ()*
Priceite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roweite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sakhaite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Solongoite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*
Thorite ()*	Turneaureite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vimsite ()*
Vitimite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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	250	250	1	104290	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	250	250	2	104289,104290	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	250	250	1	104290	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	104292	1272
Babefphite ()*	None	BaBe(PO₄)F	250	250	1	104290	2
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	104291	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	104291	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	250	250	2	104289,104290	606
Borcarite ()*	None	Ca₄MgB₄O₆(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	104293	6
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	104293	462
Buryatite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃(Si,Fe³⁺,Al)(SO₄)B(OH)₄(OH,O)₆·12H₂O			1	104293	2
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄			1	104293	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	250	250	3	104290,104292,104293	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	104289	5171
Chernikovite ()*	Natroautunite	(H₃O)(UO₂)(PO₄)·3H₂O			1	104292	21
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	104292	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	104291	3846
Dashkovaite ()*	Formate	Mg(HCOO)₂·2H₂O			1	104293	2
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	104289	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	250	250	1	104290	8173
Fedorovskite ()*	None	Ca₂Mg₂B₄O₇(OH)₆			1	104293	1
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃			1	104293	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	250	250	2	104289,104290	9617
Formicaite ()*	Formate	Ca(CHOO)₂			1	104293	4
Frolovite ()*	None	Ca[B(OH)₄]₂			1	104293	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	250	250	3	104289,104290,104291	24243
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄			1	104291	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	104292	6890
Hexahydroborite ()*	None	Ca[B(OH)₄]₂·2H₂O			1	104293	3
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	104291	5433
Johnbaumite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(OH)			1	104293	8
Kurchatovite ()*	None	CaMgB₂O₅			1	104293	3
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	104293	359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	104293	134
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	104293	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	104292,104293	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	104291	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	250	250	1	104290	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	250	250	2	104289,104290	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	104291	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	104289	17380
Ningyoite ()*	Rhabdophane	(U,Ca,Ce)₂(PO₄)₂·1-2H₂O			1	104292	33
Pentahydroborite ()*	None	CaB₂O(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	104293	5
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	250	250	2	104289,104290	326
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	104292	51
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O			1	104293	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	250	250	5	104289,104290,104291,104292,104293	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	250	250	3	104289,104290,104292	61156
Roweite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₂B₄O₇(OH)₆			1	104293	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	250	250	3	104289,104290,104291	5614
Sakhaite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆(BO₃)₃₂(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)			1	104293	7
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	250	250	2	104289,104290	4894
Solongoite ()*	None	Ca₂B₃O₄(OH)₄Cl			1	104293	2
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	250	250	4	104289,104290,104291,104293	21482
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)			1	104293	87
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	104289	1006
Turneaureite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	104293	7
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	104291,104292	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	250	250	3	104289,104290,104293	1395
Vimsite ()*	None	CaB₂O₂(OH)₄			1	104293	2
Vitimite ()*	None	Ca₆B₁₄O₁₉(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·5H₂O			1	104293	2
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	104289	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	250	250	4	104289,104290,104291,104292	5251

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
	Be-00039	250	250	250			high						Babefphite	Be	19400	Aunik F-Be Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia		Bulnaev (2006)	10.1134/S1075701506040039	GOD48_277

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070469	Solongo B Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070469
R130074	Solongo B Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	https://rruff.info/R130074
R130073	Solongo B Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia	https://rruff.info/R130073

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