Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monchetundra Deposit, Monche Tundra Intrusion, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 300842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monchetundra Deposit, Monche Tundra Intrusion, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Borehole 1819

Latitude: 67°52'19"N
Longitude: 32°47'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.871944444444,32.799166666667

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.

Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Iron	Isomertieite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Menshikovite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Nielsenite ()*
Nipalarsite ()*	Palarstanide ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platarsite ()*
Silver ()*	Skaergaardite ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Stannopalladinite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Telargpalite ()*	Telluropalladinite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tulameenite ()*
Vincentite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

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 Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Iron Isomertieite Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	0		101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	0		966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	0		124
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	0		804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	0		119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	0		154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	0		128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	0		48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	0		40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	0		116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	0		226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	0		15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	0		155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	0		44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	0		114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	0		133
Nielsenite ()*	None	PdCu₃	0		4
Nipalarsite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ni₈Pd₃As₄	1	102983	1
Palarstanide ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₅(Sn,As)₂	0		13
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	0		37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	0		44
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Skaergaardite ()*	Iron	PdCu	0		10
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	0		24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337
Stannopalladinite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn	0		12
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	0		75
Telargpalite ()*	None	(Pd,Ag)₃Te	0		18
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	0		15
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	0		66
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	0		48
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	0		17
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	0		380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	0		53
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	0		32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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