Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ust-Abakan, Khakassia, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 298273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ust-Abakan, Khakassia, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ak-Kol Lake
Taloe Lake

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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Cristobalite	Epsomite	Gypsum	None	Picromerite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Cristobalite Epsomite Gypsum None Picromerite Quartz Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Eugsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Konyaite ()*	Quartz ()*
Thénardite ()*	Wattevilleite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	102414	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	102414,102415	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	102415	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	102414	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	102414,102415	484
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	1	102414	32
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	102414,102415	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	102414,102415	1398
Konyaite ()*	Picromerite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O	2	102414,102415	20
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	102414,102415	61156
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	102414,102415	299
Wattevilleite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂·4H₂O (?)	2	102414,102415	10

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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