Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Ossetia–Alania, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 193972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Ossetia–Alania, Russia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sadon Ore District
Tanadon Deposit

Latitude: 42°50'34"N
Longitude: 44°4'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.842777777778,44.074166666667

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Weibullite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Se Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	103081	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	103081	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	103081	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	103081,103086	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	103081	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	103086	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	103081	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	103081	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	103081	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	103081	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	103086	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	103081	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	103081	14640
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	103081	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	103081	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	103081	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	103081	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	103081	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	103081,103084,103085	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	103081	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,103085,103086	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	103086	668
Weibullite ()*	Kobellite	Ag_0.33Pb_5.33Bi_8.33(S,Se)₁₈	1	103081	10

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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