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Locality Name:
Bakal Fe Deposit, Satkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 208462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bakal Fe Deposit, Satkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Irkuskan Mine
Novyi Bakal Mine
Petlin Mine

Latitude: 54°55'48"N
Longitude: 58°49'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.93,58.819722222222

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAxiniteBaryteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFeldsparMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Axinite-(Mg)  (*)Baryte  (*)Brucite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Axinite-(Mg)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mg2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2012
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22101819,10182027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211018189895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2101819,10182024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11018181487
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22101819,10182017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22101819,10182039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22101819,10182061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2101819,1018206417
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)087
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433



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