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Locality Name:
Elbrus Mt, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 20082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elbrus Mt, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El'brusskiy Arsenic Mine (Elbrusskii)
Elbrus Caldera

Latitude: 43°21'17"N
Longitude: 42°26'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.354722222222,42.439166666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
CristobaliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMilleriteNatrolite
NickelineNoneOrpimentPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel
Tridymite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Zharchikhite  (*)
Zinc  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11021858803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61102185966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11021853250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11021859052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110218411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110218527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110218527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11021853846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11021854165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21102185453
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22102184,1021859895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211021859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110218524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11021857437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11021856890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110218514640
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)110218556
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311021855433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411021855591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11021851487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110218514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211021855674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11021851066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11021851508
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61102185254
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11021851236
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31102184511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110218539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811021859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110218561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211021855614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1102185301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11021856417
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21102185458
Zharchikhite  (*)NoneAl(OH)2F11021854
Zinc  (*)NoneZn052
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11021851025


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