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Locality Name:
Kamysh-Burun Trough, Kerchenskoe Deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore Basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 2633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamysh-Burun Trough, Kerchenskoe Deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore Basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Quarry E

Latitude: 45°17'43"N
Longitude: 36°22'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.295277777778,36.3675
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArseniosideriteBaryteCalciteClayCoronaditeDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLeucophosphite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSymplesiteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Anapaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Metavivianite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Santabarbaraite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smythite  (*)Spheniscidite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O063
Anapaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O025
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110197711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110197727770
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21101977234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O026
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)0140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O0177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11019771711
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O021
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)077
Spheniscidite  (*)Leucophosphite(NH4)Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O04
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1101977636


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