Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Khachakchan Ore Cluster, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

mindat Locality ID: 207250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khachakchan Ore Cluster, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Khachakchan Ag-Sb-Hg Deposit
Nochnoe Ag-Sb-Hg Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diaphorite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Lenaite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O S Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore None Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	103678,103679	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	103678,103679	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	103678,103679	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	103678,103679	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	103678,103679	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	103678,103679	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	103678,103679	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	103678,103679	2600
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	2	103678,103679	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	103678,103679	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	103678,103679	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	103678,103679	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	103678	7437
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	103678,103679	784
Lenaite ()*	Chalcopyrite	AgFeS₂	2	103678,103679	8
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	103678,103679	767
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	103678,103679	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	103678,103679	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	103678,103679	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	103678,103679	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	103678,103679	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	103678,103679	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	103678,103679	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	103678,103679	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	103678,103679	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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