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Amphibole Supergroup from
Horizon 330 deposit (Sopcha Lake chromite deposit), Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Amphibole Supergroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AB2C5(T8O22)W2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibole Supergroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Horizon 330 deposit (Sopcha Lake chromite deposit), Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1643614
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1643614:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Amphibole Supergroup
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘNyud-2 deposit, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘLoypishnyun deposit, Monche tundra intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘVuruchuaivench prospect, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘPentlandite Gorge, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘSouth Sopcha intrusions, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘHackman Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
57.4km (35.7 miles) ⓘKoashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
88.8km (55.2 miles) ⓘKuamdespakhk Mt, Suoluai River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
90.3km (56.1 miles) ⓘMokhnatye Roga, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘGremyakha-Vyrmes Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Chashchin, Viсtor V., Savchenko, Yevgeny E. (2021) Cumulus and post-cumulus evolution of chrome-spinel compositions in the “Ore Horizon 330” rocks from the Sopcha massif of the Paleoproterozoic layered Monchegorsk Pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 115 (5) 557-575 doi:10.1007/s00710-021-00756-w
 
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