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Locality Name:
Lukhra Au Deposit, Svaneti District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia


mindat Locality ID: 23544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lukhra Au Deposit, Svaneti District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°1'55"N
Longitude: 42°22'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.031944444444,42.375833333333
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteAuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperGismondineMeloniteMicaNone
PerovskiteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymiteTridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smirnite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au024
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te30104
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3057
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O507
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu030
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe0100


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