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Locality Name:
Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 194034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kalata Mine
San Donato Cu-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 57°28'0"N
Longitude: 60°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.466666666667,60

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteEnargiteHalotrichiteMelanteriteMeloniteNickeline
NoneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedriteValleriiteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1103842489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11038429052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411038425516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21103842361
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11038425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110384227198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31103842802
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41103842910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110384224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110384230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110384214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1103842804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110384214899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1103841915
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1103841265
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811038429056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110384221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311038421803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1103842510
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1103842237



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