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Locality Name:
Khakassia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 420.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 326

mindat Locality ID: 9963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khakassia, Russia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Abakanskoe Deposit
Agaskyr
Arkheologicheskaya Cave
Askizsky Rayon
Karysh River Basin
Kharadzhul’skoe Cu–Co– As Deposit
Kiyalykh-uzen Cu-Mo Deposit
Saksyr Batholit
Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
Sorsk
Sorskoe
Uibat River
Ust-Abakan
Yuliya Mednaja Deposit
Yuliya Svintsoviya Deposit

Latitude: 53°49'45"N
Longitude: 90°3'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.829166666667,90.055555555556
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 B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenicAtacamiteBaryteBixbyiteBraunite
BruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CristobaliteDiasporeDomeykiteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumLöllingiteMalachite
ManganostibiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePicromeritePrehnitePumpellyite
PyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutterudite
SphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteVolborthiteWurtzite

83 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bannisterite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Konyaite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganostibite  (*)Mannardite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickel  (*)
Okhotskite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parsettensite  (*)Pennantite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schallerite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sibirskite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Takanelite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wattevilleite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22102398,1023993419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)420.9408.84102393,102398,102399,1024078803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1102409470
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O110240946
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11024071627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2102398,1023991588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11024143250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31102412544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22102398,1023995509
Bannisterite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8·nH2O2102398,10239920
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2102398,10239911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11024061966
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O32102398,102399104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411024105516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2102398,102399483
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1102406227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)420.9408.88102393,102398,102399,102407,102412,102414,102415,10241727770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)42102398,10239983
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2420.93264102393,102394,102404,10241027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11024123531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83102398,102399,1024011756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS420.9408.81102393966
Copper  (*)CopperCu5102398,102399,102406,102409,1024123846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162102398,102399227
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21102415453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4102398,102399,102409,1024122970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211024149895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As110240673
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43853261102404910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)420.9408.84102393,102398,102399,1024078173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2102414,102415484
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O110241432
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1102402345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110241024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2102398,1023997437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4102398,102399,102414,1024156890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2102414,1024151398
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O42102398,102399350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3420.9408.83102393,102398,10239914640
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O61102407154
Konyaite  (*)PicromeriteNa2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O2102414,10241520
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)22102398,102399234
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2420.9408.81102393762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4420.9408.8110239314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24102398,102399,102409,10241212537
Manganostibite  (*)ManganostibiteMn2+7Sb5+As5+O122102398,1023998
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O162102398,10239912
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23853264102394,102402,102404,1024105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22102398,10239917380
Nickel  (*)CopperNi2102398,10239957
Okhotskite  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Mn3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O2102398,1023995
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61102407229
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS420.9376.12102393,102403767
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O2102398,10239943
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)82102398,10239925
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2102398,102399260
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22102398,1023991898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41102412369
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)2102398,10239980
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2420.93263102393,102404,10241039462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)22102398,10239956
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22102398,1023993106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24102398,102399,102414,10241561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2420.9408.81102393233
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O2102398,102399177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2102398,1023991711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2102398,102399969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23102398,102399,1024075614
Schallerite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+16As3+3Si12O36(OH)172102398,1023998
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3853262102394,1024044894
Sibirskite  (*)NoneCaH(BO3)11024173
Silver  (*)CopperAg11024065186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3420.9408.81102393531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110241021482
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O2102398,10239918
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13383.7376.111024031803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311024105317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)2102414,102415299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O420.9408.83102393,102398,1023994899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211024072562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011024171395
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1102409155
Wattevilleite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2·4H2O (?)2102414,10241510


5 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
Alexandra-0008420.9411.1416 ± 4.9Ar-ArAge of mineralizationhighsericite3370, AB-2  Cobaltite, Lollingite, Rammelsbergite, SkutteruditeNi, Co, As294240Abakanskoe Deposit, Khakassia, RussiaAbakanskoe depositTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078First stage of mineralization
Alexandra-0009418.2408.8413.5 ± 4.7Ar-ArAge of mineralizationhighsericite3370, AB-2  Cobaltite, Lollingite, Rammelsbergite, SkutteruditeNi, Co, As294240Abakanskoe Deposit, Khakassia, RussiaAbakanskoe depositTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078First stage of mineralization
Deep-Dive-other-00031420.9411.1416±4.9 sericite from calcite–arsenide veinssericite    Co294240Abakanskoe Deposit, Khakassia, RussiaAbakanskoe depositTretiakova et al (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078sericite from calcite–arsenide veins
Alexandra-0011383.7376.1379.9 ± 3.8Ar-ArAge of altered Sn–W greisen mineralizationsericiteKh-3345, 3338   Cu, Co, As294241Kharadzhul’skoe Cu–Co– As Deposit, Khakassia, RussiaKharadzhul’skoe depositTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078Second stage of mineralization
PorphCu-00369385326Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous      Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, ScheeliteCu206157Kiyalykh-uzen Cu-Mo Deposit, Khakassia, RussiaKiyalykh-uzenSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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