Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 308084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loypishnyun Deposit, Monche Tundra Intrusion, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°53'0"N
Longitude: 32°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.883333333333,32.75

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.

Auricupride	Barringerite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Iron	Melonite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite
Wurtzite

Atheneite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maslovite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Oulankaite ()*
Palladium ()*	Palladobismutharsenide ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Skaergaardite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Telargpalite ()*
Telluropalladinite ()*	Vincentite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vysotskite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Barringerite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Iron Melonite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite
Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Atheneite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂(As_0.75Hg_0.25)	15
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	101
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	128
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	23
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Oulankaite ()*	None	Pd₅Cu₄SnTe₂S₂	3
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	59
Palladobismutharsenide ()*	None	Pd₂(As,Bi)	6
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Skaergaardite ()*	Iron	PdCu	10
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannopalladinite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn	12
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	24
Telargpalite ()*	None	(Pd,Ag)₃Te	18
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	15
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	17
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	53

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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