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Locality Name:
Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia


mindat Locality ID: 2759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Akhtaragda River Mouth (Achtaragda River Mouth)
Chernyshevsk
Lower Khann'ya River
Vilyui Reservoir

Latitude: 63°1'22"N
Longitude: 112°14'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.022777777778,112.24666666667
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 B C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Sc Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg O P Pt S Sc Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumGarnetIron
MayeniteMeliliteNonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWurtziteWöhleriteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminium  (*)Andradite  (*)Antimony  (*)Baghdadite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Cadmium  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Eringaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)
Kimzeyite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorlomite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wadalite  (*)Wiluite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl110369927
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32103696,1036971534
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1103699363
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O408
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21103701462
Cadmium  (*)NoneCd11036996
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110369927198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Copper  (*)CopperCu11036993846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311036991797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Eringaite  (*)GarnetCa3Sc2(SiO4)302
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121103701663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110369924243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32103696,1036971544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Iron  (*)IronFe11036991089
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O12017
Lead  (*)CopperPb1103699192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC110369957
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31103699341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110370161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211036995614
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12054
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2103699,10370121482
Tin  (*)NoneSn110369963
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011036961395
Wadalite  (*)MayeniteCa6Al5Si2O16Cl3011
Wiluite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19(Al,Mg)13(B,   ,Al)5(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(O,OH)1011036966
Zinc  (*)NoneZn110369952
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080034Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russiahttps://rruff.info/R080034
X050177Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russiahttps://rruff.info/X050177
R060513Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060513

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