Inaglinsk Massif

RU / Sakha (Yakutia)

•58.50927, 124.89965View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Inaglinsk Massif is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Syenite, Dunite. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chromite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Gold; logged ore minerals are Cuprite, Sperrylite. The site was discovered in 1958.

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Found Here

AzuriteChromiteChrysocollaCopperCupriteGoldMalachitePlatinumSperrylite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Syenite, Dunite
Associated rock: Syenite, Gabbro
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED IN CORE OF CONCENTRICALLY ZONED CONE - SHAPED INTRUSION

Ore minerals

CupriteSperrylite

Structure

Ultramafic Body Lies In Fault Zone,On Platform

Ore control

Pt Mins. Occur In And In Association With Early And Late Magmatic Chrome Spinels As Well As Independently , In Dunite And Chromitite

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1958

Records and references

Cited references

ROZHKOV, I. S., V. I. KITSUL, ET. AL., 1962, PLATINA ALDANSKOGO SHGHITA (PLATINUM OF THE ALDAN SHIELD); IZDAT. AKAD. NAUK. SSSR, MOSCOW. RAZIN, L. V., KHOMENKO, G. A., 1969, OSMIUM AND RUTHENIUM IN CHROME - SPINEL FROM PT - BEARING DUNITES. GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L, VOL. 6. NO. 3. PP. 546 - 557RAZIN,L.V.,KHVOSTOV,V.P.,NOVIKOV,V.A.,1965, PLATINUM METALS IN THE ESSENTIAL AND ACCESSORY MINERALS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L.,V. 2., NO.1, P. 118-131SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR,VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA,MOSCOW.1957 GEOLMAP SHAPOSHNIK, MAKSIMO

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10097114 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 58.50927, 124.89965

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