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Locality Name:
Okhotsk-Chukotka Belt, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 278345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Okhotsk-Chukotka Belt, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kontaktovyi Stock
Kubaka Deposit

Latitude: 63°51'0"N
Longitude: 160°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.85,160.03305555556

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMatlockiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gananite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montanite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Pingguite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smirnite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stistaite  (*)Tin  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11019142793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS110191487
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11019148803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2101913,1019149052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110191311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11019131966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2101913,10191427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110191427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211019139895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11019148173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211019149617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121101914663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2101913,10191424243
Gananite  (*)NoneBiF311019134
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11019137437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2101913,10191430554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31101913104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2101913,101914804
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211019135800
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)110191322
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1101914192
Pingguite  (*)NoneBi6Te6+2O1511019135
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)1101913140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1101914716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22101913,10191439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811019139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22101913,10191461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11019145186
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O511019137
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110191421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41101914586
Stistaite  (*)RocksaltSnSb110191411
Tin  (*)NoneSn110191463
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF110191326



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