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Locality Name:
Kirganik, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 308067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirganik, Kamchatka Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°14'28"N
Longitude: 157°40'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.241111111111,157.67805555556

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite
Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Temagamite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O P Pb Pd S Se Si Sr Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O P Pb Pd S Se Si Sr Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Malachite
Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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