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Locality Name:
Kunashaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 310077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kunashaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Biksizak Deposit
Kunashak Meteorite

Latitude: 55°51'28"N
Longitude: 61°14'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.857777777778,61.233333333333
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: Al As Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteFeldsparIronNonePyritePyroxene
SphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)
Diopside  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11017388803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11017379052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110173727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411017383902
Copper  (*)CopperCu11017383846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611017384135
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110173714640
Iron  (*)IronFe11017381089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31101738191
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1101738451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110173714899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110173739462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110173721482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1101738703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11017381044


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