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Locality Name:
Chaunskii District (Chaun), Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 277358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaunskii District (Chaun), Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maiskoe Au Deposit

Latitude: 68°58'46"N
Longitude: 173°47'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.979444444444,173.78972222222
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 Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Mo O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteClayCopperGypsumMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzStibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tungstenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1101886379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11018869052
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1101886716
Gold  (*)CopperAu110188630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11018866890
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211018865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110188617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110188639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110188661156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311018863418
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS2110188628


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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