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Locality Name:
Beshtau Mt., Lermontovskoe U Deposit, Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 276537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beshtau Mt., Lermontovskoe U Deposit, Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
mine №1

Latitude: 44°5'53"N
Longitude: 43°1'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.098055555556,43.021944444444
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 Ca Cu Fe H Hg N O P S Sb Si Tl U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteStarkeyite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Beshtauite  (*)Evansite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Lermontovite  (*)Lorándite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vrbaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beshtauite  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)2(UO2)(SO4)2·2H2O11037802
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O110378056
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11037806890
Lermontovite  (*)NoneU4+(PO4)(OH)·H2O2103779,1037802
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS2110378015
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22103779,1037805674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1103779443
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2103779,1037802994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22103779,10378039462
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1103780293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211037802718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1103779890
Vrbaite  (*)NoneHg3Tl4As8Sb2S202103779,1037805


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