Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2507
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2486

mindat Locality ID: 2725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sopcha Mt

Latitude: 67°55'21"N
Longitude: 32°50'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.9225,32.838888888889

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Isomertieite	Marcasite	Melonite	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite	hauchecornite

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Re Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Bi Co Cr Cu Fe Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Re Ru S Sb Sn Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Isomertieite Marcasite Melonite Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite hauchecornite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Daomanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hauchecornite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lead ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Nielsenite ()*	Niggliite ()*
Orcelite ()*	Palarstanide ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannopalladinite ()*	Tarkianite ()*	Vincentite ()*	Vysotskite ()*
Zvyagintsevite ()*

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	2507	2486	0		2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2507	2486	0		489
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2500	2486	0		67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2507	2486	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2507	2486	0		11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2507	2486	0		1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2490	2490	1	102986	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2490	2490	1	102986	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2507	2486	1	102986	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2507	2486	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2490	2490	1	102986	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2507	2486	0		3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2507	2486	1	102986	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2507	2486	0		966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2507	2486	0		124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2507	2486	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2507	2486	0		4165
Daomanite ()*	None	CuPtAsS₂	2507	2486	0		5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2507	2486	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2507	2486	0		30554
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	2500	2486	0		27
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2500	2486	0		205
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2507	2486	0		804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2490	2490	1	102986	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2507	2486	1	102986	5433
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2507	2486	0		48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2490	2490	1	102986	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2507	2486	0		226
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	2507	2486	0		192
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2500	2486	1	102986	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2507	2486	1	102986	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2507	2486	0		5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2500	2486	0		207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2490	2490	1	102986	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2507	2486	0		114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2500	2486	1	102986	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2507	2490	0		5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2507	2486	0		133
Nielsenite ()*	None	PdCu₃	2507	2486	0		4
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	2507	2486	0		22
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	2500	2486	0		36
Palarstanide ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₅(Sn,As)₂	2507	2486	0		13
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	2490	2490	1	102986	37
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2500	2486	0		767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2500	2486	0		1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2507	2486	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2507	2486	1	102986	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2507	2486	0		5186
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	2490	2490	1	102986	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2490	2490	1	102986	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2507	2486	0		21482
Stannopalladinite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn	2507	2486	0		12
Tarkianite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)₄S₈	2507	2490	0		6
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	2490	2490	1	102986	17
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	2500	2486	0		53
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	2507	2486	0		32

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_694	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	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
EG105_1057_028	2490	2490	2490			Yes		Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	23273	Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Monchegorsk	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_694	2500	2486	2493±7	U-Pb	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni	2725	Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Monchegorsk	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province). Dates on felsic volcanic rocks that include komatiites are consistent with an inferred eruption age for these komatiites of c. 2705 Ma.
Mo-00048	2507	2490		U-Pb			Tarkianite	Mo	2725	Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia		Bayanova et al. (2009)	10.1144/SP323.8	GSLSP323_165

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