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Locality Name:
Svaneti District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia


mindat Locality ID: 193990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Svaneti District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arshira Au Deposit
Kheshuri Au Deposit (Tskhenis-Tskali Au Deposit)
Kirari Au Deposit
Lakhamula Au Deposit
Lukhra Au Deposit
Tskhumari Au Deposit

Latitude: 42°58'33"N
Longitude: 42°30'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.975833333333,42.511111111111
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperGismondineMeloniteMica
NonePerovskitePyriteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymiteTridymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Smirnite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51572541310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS257249,572529052
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au15725424
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41572545516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2157254361
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1572544979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2257249,5725427198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5157254344
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O157254128
Gold  (*)CopperAu757249,57250,57251,57252,57253,57254,5725530554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3157254104
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2257252,5725417380
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te315725457
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215724939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2357249,57252,5725461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1572544894
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O51572547
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15725421482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4157254337
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu15725430
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2157254458
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe157254100


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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