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Locality Name:
Koryakskoe Plateau, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 278513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koryakskoe Plateau, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tamvatnei Massif

Latitude: 63°25'9"N
Longitude: 174°12'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.419166666667,174.20916666667

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Hg Mg Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
GarnetHalotrichiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMolybdeniteNonePectoliteScheeliteSpinelStarkeyite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Carpathite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Tungstenite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311019051534
Carpathite  (*)NoneC24H1211019068
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11019062600
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1101906409
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41101905311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110190514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211019065674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1101906915
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1101905363
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1101906293
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11019064894
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS2110190628
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)21101905109



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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