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Locality Name:
Prasolovskoe Au Deposit (Prasolovka Deposit), Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.04
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.84

mindat Locality ID: 125882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prasolovskoe Au Deposit (Prasolovka Deposit), Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°23'39"N
Longitude: 146°2'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.394166666667,146.03694444444
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 Bi Cu Fe H In K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Cu Fe H In K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargiteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cuzticite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kurilite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)
Schapbachite  (*)Selenium  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2.041.8402793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2.041.840489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62.041.840966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2.041.8409052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2.041.84011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32.041.8401935
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe22.041.84041
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42.041.8405516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22.041.840361
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22.041.8405171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2.041.8405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22.041.84027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2.041.840281
Cuzticite  (*)NoneFe3+2Te6+O6·3H2O2.041.8402
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42.041.840910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2.041.84024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2.041.8407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2.041.84030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S132.041.84072
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32.041.84014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2.041.840804
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe82.041.840111
Kurilite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg8Te3Se2.041.8402
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22.041.8405674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22.041.8405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22.041.84017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2.041.840192
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2.041.840767
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO22.041.84020
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22.041.840409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2.041.840716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32.041.840733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22.041.84039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22.041.84061156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS22.041.84046
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S2.041.84014
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe2.041.840143
Silver  (*)CopperAg2.041.8405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2.041.84021482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)2.041.84092
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42.041.840337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO22.041.84052
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe2.041.840190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32.041.840276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132.041.8401803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132.041.8405317


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
Mo-003082.041.84 K-Ar     MolybdeniteMo125882Prasolovskoe Au Deposit (Prasolovka Deposit), Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia Kovalenker and Plotinskaya (2005) GMP43_118 

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