Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Arzak Hg Occurrence (Arzakskoye), Uyuk Range, Pii-Khem District, Tuva, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 354.4

mindat Locality ID: 2784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arzak Hg Occurrence (Arzakskoye), Uyuk Range, Pii-Khem District, Tuva, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°52'0"N
Longitude: 93°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.866666666667,93.616666666667

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.

Clay	Kaolinite	None	Sphalerite

Calomel ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Corderoite ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Grechishchevite ()*
Kadyrelite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kuzminite ()*	Kuznetsovite ()*	Lavrentievite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montroydite ()*	Poyarkovite ()*	Schuetteite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Terlinguaite ()*

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 Br Cl H Hg I O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Br Cl H Hg I O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Kaolinite None Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	365.5	354.4	91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	365.5	354.4	2600
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	365.5	354.4	16
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	365.5	354.4	36
Grechishchevite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂BrCl_0.5I_0.5	365.5	354.4	2
Kadyrelite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OBr₃(OH)	365.5	354.4	2
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	365.5	354.4	5591
Kuzminite ()*	None	HgBr	365.5	354.4	4
Kuznetsovite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₂Hg²⁺(AsO₄)Cl	365.5	354.4	4
Lavrentievite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	365.5	354.4	2
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	365.5	354.4	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	365.5	354.4	255
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	365.5	354.4	29
Poyarkovite ()*	None	Hg₃OCl	365.5	354.4	5
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	21
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	365.5	354.4	21482
Terlinguaite ()*	None	Hg₂OCl	365.5	354.4	22

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
	Hg-00026	365.5	354.4		Ar-Ar						Yes		Arzakite	Hg	2785	Kadyrel' Hg Occurrence, Oorash-Khem River Valley, Uyuk Range, Pii-Khem District, Tuva, Russia		Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078

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