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Locality Name:
Uda–Biryusa District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 307107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uda–Biryusa District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ognit Complex
Tartai Massif

Latitude: 53°56'59"N
Longitude: 98°20'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.949722222222,98.341666666667
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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperDigeniteLöllingite
MeloniteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxeneRocksalt
SerpentineSpinelStillwateriteSulphurUllmannite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anduoite  (*)Augite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Awaruite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Cabriite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Digenite  (*)Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maucherite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)
Ognitite  (*)Omeiite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Osarsite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Polarite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Ruarsite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Shandite  (*)Silver  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taimyrite-I  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Urvantsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1102151489
Anduoite  (*)NoneRuAs211021519
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611021522060
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au110215124
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1102151166
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11021511966
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn110215112
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11021515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110215127198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41102152951
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1102151966
Copper  (*)CopperCu2102151,1021523846
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11021511027
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21102152160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61102152944
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS22102151,102152110
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11021521188
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2110215162
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110215124243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2110215138
Graphite  (*)NoneC11021512812
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S22102151,102152205
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1102151804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS1102152119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS1102152154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1102152128
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1102151116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS22102151,102152226
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1102151451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110215214899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81102151161
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe21102151155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5110215144
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe1102151114
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb110215111
Ognitite  (*)MeloniteNiBiTe11021511
Omeiite  (*)LöllingiteOsAs22102151,1021527
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)2102151,10215236
Osarsite  (*)ArsenopyriteOsAsS2102151,10215216
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21102152313
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2110215155
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82102151,1021521512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS2102151,10215244
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)110215110
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811021519056
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS2102151,10215225
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu110215246
Shandite  (*)NoneNi3Pb2S2110215114
Silver  (*)CopperAg11021515186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi110215144
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs22102151,102152337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411021521934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2110215175
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11021512045
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4110215111
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11021511044
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe110215248
Urvantsevite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)211021514


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