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


mindat Locality ID: 48413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monche Tundra Intrusion, Monche-Tundra, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Loypishnyun Deposit
Monchetundra Deposit

Latitude: 67°52'39"N
Longitude: 32°46'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.8775,32.774444444444

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideBarringeriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteIron
IsomertieiteMeloniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteUllmanniteWurtzite

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Atheneite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Hongshiite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Isomertieite  (*)
Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maslovite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Nielsenite  (*)Nipalarsite  (*)Oulankaite  (*)Palarstanide  (*)
Palladium  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Palladobismutharsenide  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Platarsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Skaergaardite  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannopalladinite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)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
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)110298115
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411029815516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S42102981,102982101
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11029815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22102981,10298227198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1102982966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS2102981,102982124
Copper  (*)CopperCu11029813846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31102981802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11029818173
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2110298162
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110298124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110298230554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1102982804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS1102982119
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu110298127
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311029815433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS1102982154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe2102981,102982128
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2110298248
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7110298240
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)2102981,102982116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21102982226
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1102981451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42102981,10298214899
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe110298123
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As3110298215
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe21102982155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5110298244
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe1102982114
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)22102981,102982133
Nielsenite  (*)NonePdCu311029824
Nipalarsite  (*)Not in a structural groupNi8Pd3As411029831
Oulankaite  (*)NonePd5Cu4SnTe2S211029813
Palarstanide  (*)StillwateritePd5(Sn,As)2110298213
Palladium  (*)CopperPd110298159
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As110298237
Palladobismutharsenide  (*)NonePd2(As,Bi)11029816
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2110298155
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82102981,1029821512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS110298244
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110298139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811029819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110298161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2102981,1029825186
Skaergaardite  (*)IronPdCu2102981,10298210
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi110298144
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4110298224
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs22102981,102982337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110298121482
Stannopalladinite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)3Sn2102981,10298212
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2110298275
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3110298124
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te2102981,10298218
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te42102981,10298215
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe110298266
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe110298248
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As2102981,10298217
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42102981,102982380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS2102981,10298253
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb110298232



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