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Locality Name:
Monchetundra Deposit, Monche Tundra Intrusion, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 300842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monchetundra Deposit, Monche Tundra Intrusion, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Borehole 1819

Latitude: 67°52'19"N
Longitude: 32°47'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.871944444444,32.799166666667

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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperIronIsomertieiteMeloniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyriteSpinelStillwateriteUllmannite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Isomertieite  (*)
Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Nielsenite  (*)
Nipalarsite  (*)Palarstanide  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platarsite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skaergaardite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stannopalladinite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Telargpalite  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tulameenite  (*)
Vincentite  (*)Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2048
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7040
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As3015
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5044
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Nielsenite  (*)NonePdCu304
Nipalarsite  (*)Not in a structural groupNi8Pd3As411029831
Palarstanide  (*)StillwateritePd5(Sn,As)2013
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As037
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS044
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skaergaardite  (*)IronPdCu010
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Stannopalladinite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)3Sn012
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te018
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te4015
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe066
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe048
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As017
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS053
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb032



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