Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nepskoe K Salt Deposit, Nepa River Basin, Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 5449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nepskoe K Salt Deposit, Nepa River Basin, Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°1'48"N
Longitude: 108°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.03,108

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.

Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Enargite	Hilgardite	Lipscombite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Boracite ()*	Caminite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Enargite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Halite ()*	Kurgantaite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepskoeite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sylvite ()*	Volkovskite ()*

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: As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Boracite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Enargite Hilgardite Lipscombite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Caminite ()*	Lipscombite	Mg₇(SO₄)₅(OH)₄·H₂O	3
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	52
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Kurgantaite ()*	Hilgardite	CaSrB₅O₉Cl·H₂O	6
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nepskoeite ()*	None	Mg₄Cl(OH)₇·6H₂O	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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