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Locality Name:
Ol'khovskoye Ore Field, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 265838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ol'khovskoye Ore Field, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Medvezhii Log Au Deposit

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 Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11040869052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110408627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110408630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11040866890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211040865674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1104086915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110408639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811040869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110408661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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