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Locality Name:
Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia


mindat Locality ID: 53308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kyuchus Au-Hg Deposit
Sentachan Deposit
Yana River Basin

Latitude: 67°55'35"N
Longitude: 136°55'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.926388888889,136.93305555556

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 B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteAndyrobertsiteApatiteArsenicArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteBaryte
BerthieriteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteHulsiteHumite
KaoliniteLudwigiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOlivineOrpimentPerovskitePertsevite
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite
TobermoriteTurquoise

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aktashite  (*)Aluminomagnesiohulsite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Augelite  (*)
Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Batagayite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Cadmium  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dickite  (*)Epifanovite  (*)
Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kotoite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mercury  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Monteponite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Mushistonite  (*)Natanite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Otavite  (*)Pertsevite-(F)  (*)Planerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sampleite  (*)Silver  (*)
Slavkovite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11036672793
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12110366022
Aluminomagnesiohulsite  (*)HulsiteMg2AlO2(BO3)11036643
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F1103667244
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211036613092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1103660379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31103667231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2103660,1036619052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O110366735
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3110366779
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2110366173
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110366111547
Batagayite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaZn2(Zn,Cu)6(PO4)4[PO3(OH)]3·12H2O11036671
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41103661343
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311036611089
Cadmium  (*)NoneCd11036626
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110366427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211036675171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11036675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22103661,10366727198
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21103664236
Copper  (*)CopperCu11036673846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811036661008
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41103661651
Epifanovite  (*)AndyrobertsiteNaCaCu5(PO4)4[AsO2(OH)2]·7H2O11036671
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3110366452
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11036672740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211036679617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11036641188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110366124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2103660,10366130554
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS110366735
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411036615591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4110366782
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2110366420
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1103667234
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1103664134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110366414899
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1103660397
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)1103667200
Monteponite  (*)NoneCdO11036625
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110366717380
Mushistonite  (*)PerovskiteCu2+Sn4+(OH)611036677
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)6110366714
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31103660511
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)110366225
Pertsevite-(F)  (*)PertseviteMg2(BO3)F11036648
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O110366743
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41103667369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110366139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21103661771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22103661,10366761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1103660712
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O110366740
Silver  (*)CopperAg11036615186
Slavkovite  (*)NoneCu13(AsO4)6(AsO3OH)4·23H2O0011036675
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110366121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411036641934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32103660,1036613418
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)110366487
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311036675317
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1103667114
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2110366756



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