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Locality Name:
Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 20441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Arik-Revkom Zone
Butarny Deposit
Degdekan Au Deposit
Degdekan Rivulet
Ducat District
Gol'tsovsky Au Deposit
Karamken Deposit
Omchak Gold Field
Shkol'noye Lode Deposit
Sinegorye
Srednekan Ore Field
Susuman District
Topky Mine
Uschelnyi Deposit
Ushel'noe (Gorge) Prospect
Ust' Umchug
Utinskoe Deposit

Latitude: 61°59'52"N
Longitude: 149°27'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.997777777778,149.4575
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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BerthieriteBerylBismutiteBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCristobaliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
IronJalpaiteKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMicaMillerite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineUytenbogaardtiteWurtziteZircon

137 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babkinite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Iron  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kolymite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Lead  (*)Lenaite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natanite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nevskite  (*)
Nisbite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vernadite  (*)Weibullite  (*)
Willyamite  (*)Wittite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S161145.55102669,102670,102672,102673,1026772793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2161145.511026733419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)161145.56102660,102663,102669,102674,102677,1026988803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3161145.511026682353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2161145.52102662,1026692162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2161145.54102663,102674,102677,1026983092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)161145.511026773250
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8161145.5110267767
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6161145.5110267262
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS161145.512102660,102662,102663,102669,102670,102671,102672,102674,102677,102683,102685,1026989052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6161145.511026692060
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2161145.5110266973
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2161145.511026905509
Babkinite  (*)TetradymitePb2Bi2(S,Se)3161145.511026712
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)161145.5110267711547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4161145.51102660343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6161145.51102671413
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O161145.51102669178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi161145.511026621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3161145.52102662,1026711935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)161145.52102662,102671716
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe2161145.5110267141
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4161145.511026735516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11161145.54102662,102670,102677,102698843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3161145.511026771089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb161145.52102669,102677175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)161145.58102660,102663,102669,102674,102675,102677,102697,10269827770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6161145.52102672,10267591
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2161145.55102668,102671,102675,102677,1026975171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2161145.5110266994
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S161145.511026905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2161145.511102662,102663,102669,102670,102671,102672,102673,102674,102675,102677,10269827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2161145.51102672162
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8161145.52102669,102671577
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS161145.511026752600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)161145.511026691025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS161145.51102677966
Copper  (*)CopperCu161145.52102660,1026693846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5161145.51102671344
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6161145.51102669310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2161145.51102665453
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2161145.52102663,1026779895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6161145.51102669944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)161145.53102669,102673,1026778173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F161145.511026722740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2161145.52102669,1026979617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12161145.53102669,102670,102675663
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15161145.5110266255
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS161145.511102662,102663,102669,102670,102671,102672,102673,102674,102677,102683,10269824243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4161145.51102662192
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2161145.51102668178
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS161145.51102677131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)161145.52102662,1026687437
Gold  (*)CopperAu161145.522102659,102661,102662,102663,102669,102670,102672,102674,102675,102677,102680,102682,102683,102684,102685,102686,102688,102689,102692,102693,102694,10269830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC161145.511026692812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS161145.51102669717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3161145.511026691544
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3161145.5110267137
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S161145.51102669237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3161145.5110266914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te161145.52102672,102689804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3161145.52102669,1026775433
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2161145.5110267217
Iron  (*)IronFe161145.511026651089
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2161145.51102673116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14161145.52102662,102698784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6161145.53102662,102669,1026902228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6161145.5110266973
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2161145.5110266250
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161145.54102662,102669,102675,1026775591
Kolymite  (*)NoneCu7Hg6161145.511026607
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3161145.5110267130
Lead  (*)CopperPb161145.51102669192
Lenaite  (*)ChalcopyriteAgFeS2161145.511026738
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2161145.52102662,102663762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)161145.511026771487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4161145.52102669,10267314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2161145.5110269012537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi161145.5110266288
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2161145.54102662,102663,102674,1026775674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2161145.51102673252
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4161145.5110267351
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS161145.511026771066
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC161145.5110266557
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2161145.505800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O161145.52102668,1026771508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2161145.59102662,102668,102669,102672,102673,102675,102677,102697,10269817380
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)6161145.5110267114
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se161145.53102671,102672,102675192
Nevskite  (*)TetradymiteBi(Se,S)161145.511026716
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2161145.5110266920
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O161145.511026682994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)161145.511026972349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]161145.51102669249
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8161145.511026621512
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]161145.53102670,102673,102675716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3161145.51102670733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3161145.53102669,102670,1026731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2161145.511102660,102662,102663,102669,102670,102672,102674,102675,102677,102685,10269839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2161145.511026903106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8161145.58102662,102663,102669,102674,102677,102683,102685,1026989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2161145.518102660,102662,102663,102669,102670,102671,102673,102674,102675,102677,102680,102682,102685,102689,102692,102694,102697,10269861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2161145.51102677233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)161145.511026691711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)161145.53102669,102670,102673969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2161145.54102662,102663,102674,1026775614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)161145.52102663,1026774894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)161145.511026682705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O161145.53102662,102669,1026771153
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O18161145.5110266835
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)161145.511026776417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2161145.5110269792
Silver  (*)CopperAg161145.56102663,102669,102672,102673,102675,1026775186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3161145.53102663,102669,1026771214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS161145.511102662,102663,102669,102670,102671,102672,102674,102675,102677,102683,10269821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4161145.52102671,102675668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4161145.51102672586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3161145.57102660,102662,102669,102675,102677,102690,1026983418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS161145.51102673332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13161145.52102663,1026751803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13161145.55102663,102670,102671,102677,1026985317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)161145.511026691006
Tin  (*)NoneSn161145.5110266963
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O161145.52102669,1026774899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O161145.51102669433
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS161145.511026651044
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2161145.5110267346
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3161145.51102662369
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O161145.5110266865
Weibullite  (*)KobelliteAg0.33Pb5.33Bi8.33(S,Se)18161145.5110267110
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS161145.5110266925
Wittite  (*)NonePb8Bi10(S,Se)23161145.5110267115
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)161145.51102668939
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF161145.5110267126
Zinc  (*)NoneZn161145.52102668,10266952
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO161145.52102668,10266998
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)161145.53102662,102669,1026775251


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 ?-?     KolymiteHg20441Kolyma River Basin, Magadan Oblast, Russia Volkov et al. (2008)10.1134/S1075701508040028GOD50_275 

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