Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Opuk Mountain Area, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 275759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Opuk Mountain Area, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chekur-Koyashskoye Sulphur Deposit

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur

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 C Ca Fe H K O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Sulphur

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101985	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	101985	1252
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	101985	66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	101985	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	101985	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	101985	2228
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	1	101985	38
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101985	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101985	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	101985	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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