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Locality Name:
Western Verkhoyansk District, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia


mindat Locality ID: 207233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Verkhoyansk District, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arkachan Deposit
Mangazeisky Ore Cluster

Latitude: 65°46'11"N
Longitude: 130°34'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.769722222222,130.56972222222

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 K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
CopperFluoriteGypsumLillianiteMicaNickelineNoneOwyheeitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Mangazeite  (*)Matildite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11036922793
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)110369269
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)26103687,103689,103690,103691,103692,1036933092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2103691,103692363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS8103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,1036939052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2103691,1036921966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33103685,103691,1036921935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113103687,103688,103693843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS36103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,1036931089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6103687,103689,103690,103691,103692,10369327770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6110369291
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211036925171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,10369327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS21103691162
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51103685344
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S81103692126
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48110369254
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23103687,103691,1036939617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123103687,103692,103693663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,10369324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2103685,10369230554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1103691170
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S62103685,103692113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11036926890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142103687,103693784
Mangazeite  (*)NoneAl2(SO4)(OH)4·3H2O11036922
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21103685252
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21103692300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110368517380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28110369289
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311036921425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,10369339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S88103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,1036939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,10369361156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S212103687,103693165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)8103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,1036936417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11036925186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8103685,103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,10369321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41103692668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S37103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,1036933418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S137103687,103688,103689,103690,103691,103692,1036935317



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