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Locality Name:
Soimon Valley, Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 20582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soimon Valley, Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alekseevskii Ravine
Zolotaya Gora Au Deposit (Zlataya Gora; Zlatoya Gora)

Latitude: 55°30'0"N
Longitude: 60°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.5,60
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 C Ca Cd Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti Tl U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAncyliteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaddeleyiteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnetLöllingiteMilleriteMixite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentine
SpinelTitaniteUllmanniteVesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Auricupride  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprostibite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Lead  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mundite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nisbite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Seinäjokite  (*)Silver  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zlatogorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O110171643
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311017161534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101716708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1101716363
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au2101715,10171624
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21101716238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411017165516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1101716175
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)110171646
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110171627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11017165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110171627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11017163531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811017161756
Copper  (*)CopperCu11017163846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11017162970
Cuprostibite  (*)NoneCu2(Sb,Tl)110171615
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611017164135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211017169895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11017168173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11017162740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110171624243
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8110171640
Gold  (*)CopperAu110171630554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1101716717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311017161544
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1101716170
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21101716205
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1101716367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311017165433
Lead  (*)CopperPb1101716192
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101716359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110171614899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81101716161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11017161066
Mundite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3·5.5H2O11017163
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1101716633
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2110171620
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)110171636
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811017161512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31101716495
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110171661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211017165614
Seinäjokite  (*)LöllingiteFeSb211017164
Silver  (*)CopperAg11017165186
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411017161934
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu110171630
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO21101716236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11017164899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1101716293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211017162718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011017161395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11017165251
Zlatogorite  (*)NickelineCuNiSb211017162


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