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Locality Name:
Kuranakh Au Deposit, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia


mindat Locality ID: 20096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuranakh Au Deposit, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Delbe Orebody

Latitude: 58°45'0"N
Longitude: 125°29'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.75,125.48333333333
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 F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeDugganite
FluoriteGarnetMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cheremnykhite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dugganite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kuksite  (*)
Kuranakhite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Saponite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Yafsoanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110346027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cheremnykhite  (*)NonePb3Zn3(TeO6)(VO4)211034601
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11034602600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1103460169
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1103460378
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)2110346018
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu110346030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kuksite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)211034606
Kuranakhite  (*)NonePbMn4+Te6+O611034607
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21103460409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1103460301
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Yafsoanite  (*)GarnetCa3Te6+2(ZnO4)311034604


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