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Locality Name:
Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 20583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Karabash Cu-Zn Deposit
Soimon Valley
Ufimskii Uval (Karabashkoe Locality Of Amethyst)
Uvil'dy Lake

Latitude: 55°31'19"N
Longitude: 60°11'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.521944444444,60.191944444444

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 B C Ca Cd Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Th Ti Tl U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAncyliteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaddeleyiteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
LöllingiteMeloniteMilleriteMixiteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmaline
UllmanniteVesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Auricupride  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprostibite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Lead  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Mundite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nisbite  (*)
Olenite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Seinäjokite  (*)Silver  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Titanoholtite  (*)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
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11017139052
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au2101715,10171624
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21101716238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42101713,1017165516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61101719248
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1101716175
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21101713361
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)110171646
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110171627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11017165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22101713,10171627198
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
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181101719231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11017168173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11017162740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2101713,10171624243
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8110171640
Gold  (*)CopperAu2101713,10171630554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1101716717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311017161544
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1101716170
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21101716205
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1101713804
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1101716367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311017165433
Lead  (*)CopperPb1101716192
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101716359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42101716,10171914899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81101716161
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11017194924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11017161066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1101719945
Mundite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3·5.5H2O11017163
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1101716633
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2110171620
Olenite  (*)TourmalineNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)110171924
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)110171636
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811017161512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31101716495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110171739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23101716,101717,10171961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211017165614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11017192705
Seinäjokite  (*)LöllingiteFeSb211017164
Silver  (*)CopperAg11017165186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311017191214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411017161934
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311017131803
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu110171630
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO21101716236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11017164899
Titanoholtite  (*)Dumortierite(Ti0.75   0.25)Al6BSi3O1811017192
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



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061133Uvil'dy Lake, Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R061133


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