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Locality Name:
Volchetundra Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 265634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volchetundra Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lake Ol’che Prospect
Mount Jukspor Prospect

Latitude: 68°8'0"N
Longitude: 32°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.133333333333,32.366666666667
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 As Au Bi Cu Fe Hg Mo Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe Hg Mo Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BarringeriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRutileSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteUllmanniteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopalladinite  (*)Atheneite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Paolovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Telargpalite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Vysotskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3031
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)015
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS20110
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7040
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As037
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS044
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te018
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS053


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