Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sopcheozerskoe Deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2490

mindat Locality ID: 48414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sopcheozerskoe Deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Copper	Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel

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: Cr Fe Ir Ni O Os Ru S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Fe Ir Ni O Os Ru S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Millerite None Pentlandite Pyrite Rutile Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*
Millerite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2490	2490	3902
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2490	2490	110
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2490	2490	205
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	2490	2490	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2490	2490	226
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2490	2490	1066
Osmium ()*	None	Os	2490	2490	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2490	2490	1512
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	2490	2490	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2490	2490	5614

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
	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

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