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Locality Name:
Sadon Ore District, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 193973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sadon Ore District, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arkhon Pb-Zn Deposit
Buron Pb-Zn Deposit
Dzhimidon Pb-Zn Deposit
Kholst Pb-Zn Deposit
Mizur Pb-Zn Deposit
Sadon Pb-Zn Deposit
Verkhnii Zgid Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 42°50'34"N
Longitude: 44°4'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.842777777778,44.074166666667
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Se Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteKobelliteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Weibullite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11030812793
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511030811310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS7103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,1030859052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11030811966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311030811935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110308127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308527198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51103081344
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211030819895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211030819617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41103081192
Graphite  (*)NoneC11030812812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110308114640
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61103081128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110308114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211030815674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11030814924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,1030859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11030814894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3103081,103084,1030856417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11030815186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7103079,103080,103081,103082,103083,103084,10308521482
Weibullite  (*)KobelliteAg0.33Pb5.33Bi8.33(S,Se)18110308110


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