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Locality Name:
Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 276712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nepa River Basin

Latitude: 59°1'48"N
Longitude: 108°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.03,108

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: As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BoraciteCalciteCarnalliteChalcopyriteEnargiteHilgarditeLipscombiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Boracite  (*)Caminite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Halite  (*)Kurgantaite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Nepskoeite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Volkovskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11021251588
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl110212557
Caminite  (*)LipscombiteMg7(SO4)5(OH)4·H2O11021253
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O1102125132
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110212527198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41102125910
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3110212552
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11021251398
Kurgantaite  (*)HilgarditeCaSrB5O9Cl·H2O11021256
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11021251487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110212514899
Nepskoeite  (*)NoneMg4Cl(OH)7·6H2O11021251
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110212539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811021259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22102124,10212561156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1102125275
Volkovskite  (*)NoneKCa4B22O32(OH)10Cl·4H2O11021259



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