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Locality Name:
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 2804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Demidoff Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCyanotrichiteDigenite
MalachiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anilite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Dokuchaevite  (*)Hematite  (*)Karpinskite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Santabarbaraite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4088
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)081
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O20144
Dokuchaevite  (*)NoneCu8O2(VO4)3Cl303
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Karpinskite  (*)Corrensite(Mg,Ni)2Si2O5(OH)2 (?)01
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110386712537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110386739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O021



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