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Locality Name:
Kerchenskoe Deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore Basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 51059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kerchenskoe Deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore Basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ak-Manai Trough
Chegene-Salyn Trough (North)
Eltigen-Ortel' Trough
Kamysh-Burun Trough
Katerlez Trough
Yanysh Takil' Cliffs (Janisch-Takil; Yanysh Takil; Kyz-Aul; Zavetnoe)

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteCalciteClayCoronaditeDiasporeGypsum
KaoliniteLeucophosphiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSymplesiteVivianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Anapaite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Santabarbaraite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smythite  (*)Spheniscidite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O110197663
Anapaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O3101975,101976,10198025
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11019803250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3101976,101977,10198011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4101975,101976,101977,10198027770
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2101975,1019802740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4101975,101976,101979,1019807437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61101979173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4101972,101975,101976,1019806890
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1101979144
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62101976,1019802228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411019765591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)22101976,101977234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110197614899
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O3101972,101976,10198026
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O4101972,101976,101979,101980129
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11019761508
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62101976,101980254
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)1101976140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110197639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811019769056
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1101976177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1101976712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4101972,101975,101976,1019771711
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O4101972,101976,101979,10198021
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3101972,101976,1019806417
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)110197677
Spheniscidite  (*)Leucophosphite(NH4)Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O11019764
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O4101972,101975,101977,101980636


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