Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ufalei Ni Deposit, Ufaley District (Ufalei District), Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ufalei Ni Deposit, Ufaley District (Ufalei District), Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk 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.

Amphibole	Apophyllite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Palladium ()*	Pecoraite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apophyllite Auricupride Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Diaspore Hydrotalcite Kaolinite
None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Spinel Talc

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	62
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	87
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	85
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	59
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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