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Locality Name:
Topolninsk Ore Field, Altai Republic, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 297979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topolninsk Ore Field, Altai Republic, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ribny Log - 2

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe Mo Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperDiamond
EpidoteGarnetMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetradymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silicon  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211014613419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311014611534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211014613092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11014619052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11014611966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1101461716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110146127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110146127198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1101461966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11014618173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110146130554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110146139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110146161156
Silicon  (*)DiamondSi110146121
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31101461276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1101461510


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