Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous Okrug), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 7047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous Okrug), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amudikha River
Anakit Creek
Khavokiperskiye Rocks Polymetallic Occurrence
Krutoye Mine
Levoberezhnoe Iceland Spar Deposit
Nadym ("Nidim"?)
Tunguska Blast Site
Tura

Latitude: 64°18'32"N
Longitude: 97°42'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.308888888889,97.706666666667

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.

Analcime	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diamond	Erionite	Feldspar	Gyrolite
Iron	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stilbite	Thomsonite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite

Afwillite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diamond ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Evenkite ()*
Ferrosaponite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Iron ()*	Lonsdaleite ()*
Merwinite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tilleyite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tungusite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aphthitalite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diamond Erionite Feldspar Gyrolite
Iron Mordenite Nickeline None Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spurrite-Afwillite Stilbite Thomsonite Wollastonite Wurtzite Wöhlerite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	1	102508	41
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	102514	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	102509	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	102513	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	102507,102508,102509,102511,102514	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	102509	27198
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	102508	67
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	102513	697
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	0		31
Evenkite ()*	None	C₂₃H₄₈	1	102509	9
Ferrosaponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.3(Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	102511	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	102509	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	102513	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	102513	1089
Lonsdaleite ()*	None	C	1	102513	13
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	102508	23
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	102513	57
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	102508	153
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	102512	405
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	102509	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	102509	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	102509,102510,102514	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	1	102508	25
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	102513	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	102509	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	1	102508	54
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		189
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	102513	703
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	102507	452
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	1	102508	19
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	102513	1044
Tungusite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Fe²⁺₉Si₂₄O₆₀(OH)₂₂	1	102514	7
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	102508	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070757	Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous Okrug), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070757
R050091	Amudikha River, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous Okrug), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia	https://rruff.info/R050091

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