Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Khachakchan Ag-Sb-Hg Deposit, Khachakchan Ore Cluster, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

mindat Locality ID: 21559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khachakchan Ag-Sb-Hg Deposit, Khachakchan Ore Cluster, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), 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

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	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Lenaite ()*	Chalcopyrite	AgFeS₂	8
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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