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Locality Name:
Northern Fumarole Field, First Scoria Cone (First Cinder Cone), Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure Eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.6E-5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 259832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Fumarole Field, First Scoria Cone (First Cinder Cone), Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure Eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°40'59"N
Longitude: 160°13'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.683055555556,160.23305555556

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 Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si Tl Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si Tl Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteCoronaditeCorundumFluoriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochloreRinneite
RocksaltRutileWeberite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Challacolloite  (*)Chubarovite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Cryobostryxite  (*)Flinteite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Jakobssonite  (*)Kalithallite  (*)
Leonardsenite  (*)Olsacherite  (*)Opal  (*)Saltonseaite  (*)Sellaite  (*)
Sofiite  (*)Zincomenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3.6E-5002734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3.6E-5001588
Challacolloite  (*)NoneKPb2Cl53.6E-5007
Chubarovite  (*)Not in a structural groupKZn2(BO3)Cl23.6E-5002
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl23.6E-50054
Cryobostryxite  (*)Not in a structural groupKZnCl3·2H2O3.6E-5001
Flinteite  (*)NoneK2ZnCl43.6E-5003
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23.6E-5009617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3.6E-5006890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3.6E-5001398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33.6E-50014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163.6E-500243
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)3.6E-50056
Jakobssonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAlF53.6E-5004
Kalithallite  (*)NoneK3Tl3+Cl6·2H2O3.6E-5001
Leonardsenite  (*)WeberiteMgAlF5·2H2O3.6E-5006
Olsacherite  (*)BarytePb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)3.6E-50010
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3.6E-5002994
Saltonseaite  (*)RinneiteK3NaMnCl63.6E-5002
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF23.6E-50046
Sofiite  (*)NoneZn2(Se4+O3)Cl23.6E-5003
Zincomenite  (*)Not in a structural groupZnSeO33.6E-5001



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-001263.6E-050 other    YesVergasovaiteMo11688Treschina Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure Eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia Fedotov et al. (1980)10.1007/BF02597610BV43_47 
Mo-000473.6E-050 other    YesCupromolybditeMo2656Yadovitaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure Eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia Fedotov et al. (1980)10.1007/BF02597610BV43_47 


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