Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 388

mindat Locality ID: 220348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cherepanovsk
Korbalikha River
Strizhkovskoe Deposit
Zarechenskoe Deposit

Latitude: 51°13'0"N
Longitude: 82°17'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.216666666667,82.299444444444

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Gypsum	Jalpaite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Malachite ()*
Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Witherite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite
Gypsum Jalpaite Malachite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	393	388	1	101427	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	388	2	101424,101427	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	393	388	1	101427	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	388	1	101427	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	393	388	1	101427	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	388	1	101427	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	393	388	1	101427	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	393	388	1	101427	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	388	1	101427	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	393	388	1	101427	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	393	388	1	101427	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	393	388	1	101427	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	393	388	1	101427	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	388	2	101424,101427	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	393	388	1	101427	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	393	388	1	101427	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	393	388	1	101427	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	393	388	1	101427	804
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	393	388	1	101427	116
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	393	388	1	101427	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	393	388	1	101427	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	393	388	1	101427	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	393	388	1	101427	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	388	1	101427	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	388	2	101424,101427	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	393	388	1	101427	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	393	388	2	101424,101427	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	393	388	1	101427	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	388	1	101427	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	393	388	1	101427	332
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	393	388	1	101427	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	393	388	1	101427	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	393	388	1	101427	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	393	388	1	101427	46
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	393	388	1	101427	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	393	388	1	101427	5251

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
	vms-00831	393	388	Middle Devonian (Eifelian)											2620	Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine; Snake Mountain Mine; Schlangenberg Mine), Zmeevka Stream, Korbalikha River, Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia	Zmeinogorskoe	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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