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Locality Name:
Sakhara Nickel Mine, Sakhara Massif, Sakhara District (Sakharinskii), Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 208310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sakhara Nickel Mine, Sakhara Massif, Sakhara District (Sakharinskii), Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChloriteClayHexahydriteKaoliniteMicaNonePalygorskiteQuartz
SepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteTalc

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Annite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clintonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Talc  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2086
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O037
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O0306
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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