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Locality Name:
Ducat Mine (Dukat Mine), Ducat Ore Field, Omsukchan, Ducat District, Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 9898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ducat Mine (Dukat Mine), Ducat Ore Field, Omsukchan, Ducat District, Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°32'59"N
Longitude: 155°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.549722222222,155.75

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Cd Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Cd Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteLöllingiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurostibite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nisbite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Thorite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Willyamite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S161145.502793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)161145.508803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2161145.502162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS161145.509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6161145.502060
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2161145.5073
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O161145.50178
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb161145.50175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)161145.5027770
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2161145.5094
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2161145.5027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8161145.50577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)161145.501025
Copper  (*)CopperCu161145.503846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6161145.50310
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6161145.50944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)161145.508173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2161145.509617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12161145.50663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS161145.5024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu161145.5030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC161145.502812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS161145.50717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3161145.501544
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S161145.50237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3161145.5014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3161145.505433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6161145.502228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6161145.5073
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161145.505591
Lead  (*)CopperPb161145.50192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4161145.5014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2161145.5017380
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2161145.5020
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]161145.50249
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3161145.501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2161145.5039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8161145.509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2161145.5061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)161145.501711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)161145.50969
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O161145.501153
Silver  (*)CopperAg161145.505186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3161145.501214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS161145.5021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3161145.503418
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)161145.501006
Tin  (*)NoneSn161145.5063
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O161145.504899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O161145.50433
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS161145.5025
Zinc  (*)NoneZn161145.5052
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO161145.5098
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)161145.505251



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
Hg-00070161145.5 ?-?    YesKolymiteHg20441Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia Volkov et al. (2008)10.1134/S1075701508040028GOD50_275 


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