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Locality Name:
Adamovsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 300522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adamovsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barsuchi Log Deposit
Jusa Deposit
Rechnoye Cacholong Deposit

Latitude: 51°35'39"N
Longitude: 59°33'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.594166666667,59.556111111111
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 Ba Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kenyaite  (*)Magadiite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1103099489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11031009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2103099,10310011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411031005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22103099,10310027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11031004165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2103099,10310024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110310030554
Kenyaite  (*)NoneNa2Si22O41(OH)8·6H2O11031018
Magadiite  (*)NoneNa2Si14O28(OH)2·8H2O110310111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42103099,10310014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211031005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22103099,10310017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11031012994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22103099,10310039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811031009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23103099,103100,10310161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2103099,10310021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132103099,1031001803


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