Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chekur-Koyashskoye Sulphur Deposit, Opuk Mountain Area, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chekur-Koyashskoye Sulphur Deposit, Opuk Mountain Area, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur

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: Al C Ca Fe H K O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Sulphur

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	38
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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