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Quartz from
Ducat Mine (Dukat Mine), Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodonite1
Helvine1
Calcite1
- var Manganese-bearing Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ducat Mine (Dukat Mine), Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:107131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:107131:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘDucat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘKrasin prospect, Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘTidid deposit, Ag–Pb zone, Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘNevskoe W-Sn Deposit (Nevskoye; Nevskoje), Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
61.4km (38.1 miles) ⓘGol’tsovoe Ag–Pb–Zn-deposit, Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
63.2km (39.3 miles) ⓘKalyan prospect, Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
65.9km (40.9 miles) ⓘLunnyi Mine (Lunnoye), Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
66.3km (41.2 miles) ⓘPestrinsk prospect, Ducat ore field, Omsukchansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
References
Filimonova, L. G., Chugaev, A. V. (2006) Chronology of hydrothermal and magmatic activity in the Dukat gold-silver ore field. Geology of Ore Deposits, 48 (6) 489-498 doi:10.1134/s1075701506060043
Filimonova, L. G., Sivtsov, A. V., Trubkin, N. V. (2010) Manganese oxides and associated minerals as constituents of dispersed mineralization of metasomatic rocks in the Dukat ore field. Geology of Ore Deposits, 52 (4) 322-333 doi:10.1134/s1075701510040069
Filimonova, L. G., Trubkin, N. V., Chugaev, A. V. (2014) Mineral types of hydrothermal alteration zones in the Dukat ore field and their relationships to leucogranite and epithermal gold-silver ore, northeastern Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 56 (3) 169-199 doi:10.1134/s1075701514030015
 
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