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Locality Name:
Gal-Khaya As-Hg-Sb Deposit, Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 19989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gal-Khaya As-Hg-Sb Deposit, Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°52'59"N
Longitude: 140°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.883055555556,140.29972222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Galkhaite	Kaolinite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Nowackiite	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Aktashite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galkhaite ()*	Getchellite ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Wakabayashilite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite Galkhaite Kaolinite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Nowackiite Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	201.6	145.5	22
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201.6	145.5	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201.6	145.5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201.6	145.5	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201.6	145.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201.6	145.5	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	201.6	145.5	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	201.6	145.5	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201.6	145.5	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	201.6	145.5	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201.6	145.5	9617
Galkhaite ()*	Galkhaite Tetrahedrite	(Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂	201.6	145.5	13
Getchellite ()*	None	SbAsS₃	201.6	145.5	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201.6	145.5	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201.6	145.5	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	12537
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	201.6	145.5	255
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	201.6	145.5	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201.6	145.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201.6	145.5	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	201.6	145.5	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201.6	145.5	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	201.6	145.5	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	201.6	145.5	1803
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄	201.6	145.5	16

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-00068	201.6	145.5		?-?								Aktashite	Hg	19989	Gal-Khaya As-Hg-Sb Deposit, Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia		Parfenov et al. (1999); Stepanov and Moiseenko (2008)

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