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Locality Name:
Khuzhir Ore Field, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 302561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khuzhir Ore Field, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Konevinsky Gold Deposit

Latitude: 52°17'27"N
Longitude: 102°16'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.290833333333,102.28027777778
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 Al Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hakite-(Hg)  (*)Hessite  (*)Luanheite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31102098315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1102098489
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110209827198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1102098169
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11020988173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110209824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110209830554
Hakite-(Hg)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4Se13110209812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1102098804
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg110209817
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211020985800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110209817380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21102098409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110209839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110209861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110209821482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41102098337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1102098510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311020985317


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