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Zabaikal
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Zabaikal, or Transbaikal is the area of Russia east of Lake Baikal. Zabaikal consists of three political provinces, Buryatia, Chitinskaya Oblast and the Aginskij Buryatskij Avtonomyi Okrug.
mineralogy
Barite Fluorite
geology
Adun-Chilon is a mountain ridge, consisting of granite. In 1723 Topaz was found here.
mineralogy
Albite Beryl Fluorite Molybdenite Quartz Synchisite-(Y) Topaz
 Topaz |
Russische Topase und Berylle, Helmut Leithner, Lapis september 1981, pp9-14
Aldakachan is a tin tungsten deposit in the Kukul'bej mountains, not far from the Bukuka deposit. As Bukuka is Aldakachan also bound to biotite granites, so I assume similar mineralogy from both localities.
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, S
mineralogy
Bindheimite Cerussite Meneghinite Tremolite
geology
The Antonovogorsk deposit is situated in a synclinal downwarp filled with
Jurassic sandstone. The sandstone is intruded by a smal Jurassic granite pluton.
mineralogy
Bismuthinite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite Galena Molybdenite Muscovite Pyrrhotite
Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Wolframite
Ore deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III, pp205-206
Aunik fluorite deposit
geology
Aunik is a metasomatic deposit in Buryatia.
mineralogy
Babefphite* Fluorite Ilmenorutile Phenakite Scheelite Zircon
mineralogy
Gold
geology
Barun Shiveye is a tungsten depsit of the rare Hg-Sb-W type. It is located
in eastern Transbaikal in the Paleozoic Aga field on the southern slopes of the
Mogoituevo Khrebet. The country rock consists mainly of Paleozoic sediments. The
deposit itself is found in a fracured fault zone in brecciated quartzite and
schist.
mineralogy
Antimonite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cinnabar Ferberite Pyrite Quartz
Siderite Sphalerite
Ore deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, Vol III, pp219 - 222
Belukha deposit
mineralogy
Berthierite Bismuthinite Gearksutite Molybdenite Stannite Wittite Wolframite
Beresovskoye deposit
This deposit is located close to Nerchinski Zavod in Chita Oblast. So far not much id known by me about this locality, but I list it to prevent confusion with the more famous Beresovskoye in the Ural.
mineralogy
Hematite
Biraya river
geology
Biraya river is a carbonatite with accompagnying fenites. It is located north
east of Lake Baikal, just in Irkutsk oblast. Biraya river is the type locality
for Biraite-(Ce)
mineralogy
Allanite-(Ce) Ancylite-(Ce) Aragonite Barite Barroisite Belkovite Biraite-(Ce)
Calcite Cerite-(Ce) Chevkinite-(Ce) Cordylite-(Ce) Daqingshanite-(Ce) Dolomite
Fergusonite-(Ce) Ferriallanite-(Ce) Humite Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) Monazite-(Ce)
Pyrochlore Strontianite Talc Tornebohmite-(Ce) Tremolite Winchite
Blagodat deposit
See Ekaterino-Blagodatskoye entry. Both deposits are part of the same system.
geology
Bom-Gorkhan is an intrusion of Caledonian granitoides on proterozoic biotite-amphibole
schist and gneiss.
mineralogy
Cassiterite Chalcopyrite Cosalite Fluoroapatite Hematite Hubnerite Microcline
Molybdenite Pyrite Scheelite Sphalerite Triplite
Ore deposits of the USSR, V.I Smirnov, Vol III, pp 206-209
geology
The Bugdainsk molybdenum deposit is located in eastern Transbaikal. The oldest
rocks around are Paleozoic granites, covered by lower and middle jurassic marine
sediments and upper Jurassic volcanics. These rocks are cut by Upper Jurassic
biotite-hornblende granite. On the exocontact of this intrusion the ore occurs.
mineralogy
Arsenopyrite Boulangerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Dolomite Fluorite Galena
Galenobismuthite Gold Molybdenite Pyrite Quartz Rhodochrosite Scheelite Siderite
Sphalerite Tennantite
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III, pp153-156
Bukuka deposit
geology
The Bukuka deposit is located in eastern Transbaikal Mesozoic sediments.
Through the area runs a large east west fault, along which a number of Jurassic
intrusions can be found. The intrusive rock is mostly granodiorite with numerous
quartz-ore veins. Small scale greisen formation took also place. Some
sublocalities of this deposit are: the Kapital'naya adit, the Stavnaya
adit, the Machekha vein, the Nenazvannaya vein and some
numbered veins.
mineralogy
Bismuthinite Bornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Ferrimolybdite Fluorite Fluoroapatite
Galena Lillianite Marcasite Molybdenite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Scheelite Sphalerite
Stellerite Tennantite Topaz Triplite Wolframite
In addition there is 'complex bismuth mineralogy' reported from here....
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III, pp 216
- 219
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, S
geology
Burpala is an alkaline intrusion near the Trekhzernyistream in the basin of the
Maigunda river. All this is in northern Buryatia, north of Lake Baikal.
The Burpala intrusion has an elliptical shape with nepheline syenite in the core
and syenites on the outside. The intrusion is situated in Cambrian schistose
sandstone
mineralogy
Actinolite Aegirine Albite Ancylite-(Ce) Arfvedsonite Astrophyllite Bafertisite
Bertrandite Biotite Brewsterite-(Ba) Britholite-(Ce) Brookite Burpalite
Calciumcatapleiite Catapleiite Cerite-(Ce) Chabazite-Ca Chevkinite-(Ce) Cryolite
Diopside Eudialyte Ferro-Eckermannite Ferrokentbrooksite Fluorite Fluoroapatite
Genthelvine Hambergite Ilmenite Kupletskite Lamprophyllite Landauite Lavenite
Leucophanite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Magnetite Melanocerite-(Ce) Microcline
Murataite-(Y) Nepheline Neptunite Normandite Oligoclase Perrierite-(Ce)
Plumbobetafite Polylithionite Pyrochlore Pyrophanite Quartz Riebeckite
Seidozerite Sodalite Strontiumapatite Thorianite Thorite Titanite Vlasovite
Zircon
 Aegirine |
 Astrophyllite |
 Burpalite |
 Eudialyte |
 Fluorite |
 Landauite |
 Lavenite |
 Loparite-(Ce) |
 Metaloparite |
Mineralogy of the Burpala Alkaline massif (North of Lake Baikal), A. Portnov, Mineralogical Record jan/feb 2001
geology
Darasun deposit is located in the Transbaikal Gold-Molybdenum ore zone. The
geological structure of the ore field is rather complex and consists of a wide
variety of igneous rocks from Paleozoic to Mesozoic age, many of them
metamorphically altered. Darasun consists of gabbroid rocks surrounded by
granitoid rocks.
The Darasun orefield is currently worked by Highland Goldminging Ltd, which
operated six shafts: the 10, 14, Southwest, Central, Northeast and East shafts.
The Teremky and Talatui deposits are located close by.
mineralogy
Aikinite? Altaite Anhydrite Ankerite Antimonite Aragonite Arsenic? Arsenopyrite
Barite Berthierite Bismuth Bismuthinite Boulangerite Bournonite Calcite
Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Cinnabar Cosalite Cubanite Dolomite
Elbaite Emplectite Enargite? Famatinite Fluorite Fluoroapatite Galena
Galenobismuthite Geocronite Goethite Gold Gypsum Hedleyite? Hematite Hessite
Ilmenite Jamesite Joseite-A Joseite-B Krennerite Lillianite Magnetite Marcasite
Matildite Meneghinite Molybdenite Muscovite Nagyagite Palygorskite Petzite
Plagionite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Realgar? Rickardite Rutile Semseyite Siderite
Silver Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Valleriite Weissite Willyamite
Wittichenite Wolframite Zinckenite
Without doubt there will be a nice array of secondary minerals, more info about them is welcome! Minerals with a question mark are unconfirmed
Ore Deposits of the USSR, by V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III,
pp 55-60
Highland Goldmining Ltd website at: www.highlandgold.com
The geochemistry of gold and it's deposits, geological survey of Canada,
bulletin 280, 1979, p 191
Dzhida ore field
geology
The Dhzida ore field is a combination of a number of ore and placer deposits in
the Dzhida range in Buryatia. Pervomaisk molybdenum mine, Inkursk,
Kholtoson, Inkura, Gudzhir, Malo Kholtoson
and a few smaller ones.
The Dhzida ore field is confined to the Dzhida synclinorium. The Dzhida
synclinorium consists of Lower Cambrian sediments. There was volcanic activity
of the Khokhyortovka group. This volcanic activity caused the formation of
volcano-sedimentary rocks, as well as numerous intrusions. These intrusions are
very diverse and vary from ultrabasic to alkaline and acidic.
-Tsakir complex: lower paleozoic ultramafic
-Dzhida complex: paleozoic quartz diorites
-Malo-Kunalei complex: Triassic subalkaline syenites
-Gudzhir complex: Triassic-Jurassic leucocratic granites
The reason why all these localities are discussed as one lays in the complexity
of the deposit. All the above intrusions partially overlap, making it a
complicated 3d jigsaw puzzle. many Quartz-sulphide-Hubnerite ore veins run
through several different intrusions.
mineralogy
Aikinite Ankerite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Fluorite Galena
Grandidierite Hammarite Hematite Hubnerite Lindstromite Microcline Pyrite Quartz
Rhodochrosite Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Triplite
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III, pp 209 - 216
geology
The Ekaterino-Blagodatskoye and the Blagodatskoye deposits are
located only a few hundred meters apart and they have very similar geology and
mineralogy. Both mines are also connected underground. Because of this I will discuss them both in this entry.
The deposits are located in the northeastern part of the Argun region, not far
from the town of Nerchinsky Zavod. The ore bodies occur in lower cambrian
carbonate rocks of the Bystrinsk group. This group is overlain by lower and
middle Jurassic sediments. Middle to Late Jurassic quartz porphyry dikes cut the
sediments. After injection of the dikes a dolomitization of the limetone took
place.
Mining here goes back to the 18th century.
mineralogy
Anglesite Ankerite Antimonite Arsenopyrite Boulangerite Bournonite Calcite
Cassiterite Cerussite Dolomite Galena Geocronite Marcasite Meneghinite Pyrite
Pyrrhotite Semseyite Siderite Smithsonite Sphalerite Stannite and unspecified
silver sulphosalts
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol II, pp 192-197
geology
Etyka is best known by collectors for it's Amazonite specimen. It is however a
tin mine of the so called Quartz-Topaz type. It is situated in eastern
Transbaikal in Lower-Middle Jurassic terrigenous sediments, close to the
Paleozoic Aga massif. All this is cut by Cimmerian (Jurassic) granitoid intrusions. Two
stages can be recognized in this intrusion. An early diorite intrusion followed
by, or evolved into a granite intrusion. This granite is an Amazonite granite,
where the feldspar is obviously Amazonite. Strictly the diorite phase is called
'Etyka' and the granite phase is called Kukulbei. This is a bit confusing,
because the deposit is called Etyka, with both an Etyka and a Kukulbei
mineralogical phases. Although there is a difference in paragenese between the
two, I shall discuss Etyka as a single locality. Look up the reference below if
want more details.
mineralogy
Albite Arsenopyrite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Fluoroapatite Galena
Gearksutite Hematite Manganocolumbite Microcline Microlite Muscovite Pyrite
Pyrrhotite Quartz Sellaite Sphalerite Stannite Topaz Triplite Wolframite
Zinnwaldite Zircon
 Manganocolumbite |
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III, pp235 -239
geology
Ingodinskoye is a tin deposit located in the southeastern part of the Daurskij
synclinale along the Ingodinskoye river. THe deposit consists of a greinized
granite intrusion in slate and sandstone.
mineralogy
Albite Cassiterite Fluorite Muscovite Quartz Topaz Wolframite (and 'sulfides')
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, Sn
Kaidanskii mine
mineralogy
Calcite Cerussite Galena Geocronite Gypsum Jamesonite Mimetesite Palygorskite
Sphalerite Strontianite Teallite
mineralogy
Bischoffite Fluorite Gearksutite Halite Marcasite Mirabilite Pyrite
 Bischoffite |
geology
Katugin is a Ta-Nb-REE metasomatite
mineralogy
Annite Arfvedsonite Ceriopyrochlore Chukhrovite-(Y) Cryolite Dravite
Gadolinite-(Ce) Gagarinite-(Y) Galena Gearksutite Neighborite Pachnolite
Pyrochlore Ralstonite Rutile Sillimanite Sphalerite Thomsenolite
 Cryolite |
 Gagarinite |
A hydrothermal mercury deposit near the Kelyana river, North Myua range, in the Baunt district in Buryatia.
mineralogy
Antimonite Barite Calomel Cinnabar Eglestonite Kelyanite* Mercury Quartz
Shakhovite*
geology
Khapcheranga was discovered in the 1920's and first mining
activities commenced during 1934 or 1935. It is located in the upper Onon
valley. It is a greisen deposit
mineralogy
Arsenopyrite Cassiterite Enargite Fluorite Galena Pyrite Pyrrhotite Sphalerite Stannite
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, Sn
geology
The Kholodnina deposit is located north of the town of Nizhneangarsk, at the
northern tip of Lake Baikal. The deposit was discovered in 1968 and
consists of the Olokit synclinorium filled with upper Proterozoic sediments and
minor gabbroic and dolerite intrusions. At the date of my only reference below,
the deposit was still under investigation.
mineralogy
Chalcopyrite Galena Pyrite Pyrrhotite Sphalerite Staurolite
Ore deposits of the USSR, by V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol. II, pp249-252.
geology
Klichka is a skarn deposit in the southeastern part of Transbaikal.
Individual related localities are: Mulina Gora and the Savinovskii
mine. The Savinovskii mine is described seperately.
mineralogy
Bakerite Barite Bertrandite Bindheimite Boulangerite Calcite Cerussite Euclase
Ferro-Axinite Fluorite Helvite Hemimorphite Jamesonite Leadhillite Sellaite
Smithsonite Stellerite
Calcite
Klyuchi deposit
geology
The Klyuchi deposit is located in the Transbaikal Gold-Molybdenum ore zone. The
deposits consists of Mesozoic granitoides with minor intrusions of the late
Cimmerian cycle. These minor intrusions consist of diorites, grano-diorites and
granites of the Amudzhikan-Sreten complex and they are genetically connected
with the ore manifestations.
mineralogy
Arsenopyrite Benjaminite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bornite Chalcopyrite Elbaite
Enargite Famatinite Freibergite Galena Gold Hematite Molybdenite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Tennantite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Valleriite
Ore deposits of the USSR, by V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol. III,
pp60 - 63.
The geochemistry of gold and it's deposits, geological survey of Canada,
bulletin 280, 1979, p 299
mineralogy
Augelite Sillimanite Wagnerite
geology
Levo Ingodinskoye, meaning left Ingodinskoye, is located close to Ingodinskoye
in the Daurskij anticlinale. The deposit contains greisenized Aleurolites
mineralogy
Albite Cassiterite Fluorite Muscovite Quartz Topaz Wolframite (and 'sulfides')
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, Sn
geology
Magnitnyy deposit is part of the Ust-Kara gold belt in eastern Transbaikal. The
deposit contains of magnetite veins in granitoid intrusions.
mineralogy
Actinolite Arsenopyrite Bismuth Bismuthinite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Elbaite
Epidote Galena Galena Gold Hematite Ilmenite Magnetite Marcasite Pyrrhotite
Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite Wolframite
The geochemistry of gold and it's deposits, geological survey of Canada, bulletin 280, 1979, p 194
Menzinskoye pegmatite field
geology
Menzhinskoye pegmatite field consists of LCT-pegmatites
mineralogy
Albite Beryl Elbaite Fluoroapatite Formanite-(Y) Lepidolite Pollucite Quartz
Spodumene
Mokhovaya pegmatite
geology
The Mokhovaya pegmatite is part of the Malkhan pegmatitic region
mineralogy
Albite Borocookeite Boromuskovite Elbaite Lepidolite
geology
The Novinka deposit is part of the Ust-Kara gold belt in eastern Transbaikal.
The deposit contains of magnetite veins in granitoid intrusions.
mineralogy
Actinolite Arsenopyrite Bismuth Bismuthinite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Elbaite
Epidote Galena Galena Gold Hematite Ilmenite Magnetite Marcasite Pyrrhotite
Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite Wolframite
The geochemistry of gold and it's deposits, geological survey of Canada, bulletin 280, 1979, p 194
Novoshirokinskoye mine
The Novoshirokinskoye mine is mainly a lead zinc mine, located about 200km east of Nerchinsk. The mine was apparently never in production. Currently the mine is in production by the Highland Goldmining Ltd as gold and silver mine. One of the two shafts is called the Skipoy shaft and is 200 meters deep.
Highland Goldmining Ltd website at: www.highlandgold.com
Novoye is a tin deposit in the Daurskij anticlinale. It is located closely to Ingodinskoye deposit and has probably very similar mineralogy
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, Sn
Okt'yaberskoye deposit
geology
The Okt'yaberskoye Mo-U deposit is part of the Streltsovskoye ore field near
Krasnokamensk.
mineralogy
Bauranoite Calciouranoite Francevillite Ilsemannite Metacalciouranoite Meta-uranospinite
Sodium-Zippeite
geology
Ononskoye is one of the first modern Russian tin mines. It was
first operated during WW I. Ononskoye is located near Olovyannaya in Chita oblast.
The mineralogy probably consists of hydrothermal veins.
mineralogy
Cassiterite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Sphalerite
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, Sn
geology
Orlovskoye is a tantal mine in eastern Transbaikal. It is a greisen deposit.
The deposit would probably not be mentioned in any reference where it not the
type locality for native indium.
 Indium |
Ozernoye deposit
Not to be confused with the Ozernoye analcime deposit near the Tunguska river.
geology
Ozernoye deposit was discovered in 1963 in Buryatia. The deposit is situated in
lower Cambrian volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Oldynda. These rocks are
strongly folded by the Caledonian orogenese.and re intruded or cut by
a number of different rocks; early paleozoic granitoid of the Vitimkan complex,
subvolcanic diabases, permian granosyenite- and quartz porphyries and Triassic
to Jurassic dolerite basalts. The ore is polymetallic of hydrothermal origin and
mostly confined to strata. Note the abscence of copper mineralogy!
mineralogy
Acanthite Ankerite Arsenopyrite Barite Calcite Dolomite Epidote Galena Gold
Gypsum Hematite Magnetite Muscovite Pearceite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrrhotite
Quartz Rutile Siderite Silver Sphalerite
Ore deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov,1977, Vol II, pp227-233
Ozyorny massif
Is this the same locality as Ozernoye above or maybe the same as Ozerskii massif sometimes mentioned as locality in Pribaikal?
mineralogy
Kilchoanite Plombierite
 Plombierite + Kilchoanite |
Carefull there are more localities named Pervomaiskoye in Russia. At least one on the Crimea (Ukraine) and one near Malyshevo in the Ural.
geology
Pervomaiskoye is a typical LCT-pegmatite.
mineralogy
Albite Elbaite Lepidolite Microcline Microlite Opal Petalite Spodumene
The Savinovskii mine is a mine in the Klichka district of Chitinskaya oblast. There are probably more individual mines and shafts, since world of Stones 4/94 makes mention of the Savinovskoye Number 5 mine.
mineralogy
Fluorapophyllite Hetaerolite Sphalerite Stellerite Stilbite-Ca
 Stellerite |
 Stilbite |
geology
Shakhtaminsk is a deposit connected to the upper jurassic Shakhtamisk pluton,
consisting mainly of hornblende granites and granodiorites. These rocks are cut
by lamprophyres and diorite and are associated with minor eruptive rocks.
mineralogy
Altaite Ankerite Antimonite Arsenopyrite Bismuth Bornite Bournonite Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite Dolomite Elbaite Enargite Fluorite Galena Gold Hessite Jamesonite
Magnetite Molybdenite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Seligmannite Silver
Sphalerite Stannite Tennantite
Sherlovogorsk
(Sherlovaya Gora)
geology
Sherlovogorsk is one of Russia's largest tungsten/tin placer
deposits. It is located in Chitinskaya oblast. Discovered in the 1920's, mining
operations started half way the 1930's. Sherlovogorsk is a greisen deposit with
a second tourmaline-quartz-sulfide generation.
mineralogy
Arsenopyrite Beryl Beudantite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Cassiterite Elbaite
Ferberite Fluorite Gold Hubnerite Molybdenite Monazite-(Ce) Quartz Scheelite
Scorodite Siderophyllite Topaz Torbernite Wurzite Zavaritskite Zinnwaldite
Gmelin-Krauts Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, Sn
Smirnovskii mine
mineralogy
Cylindrite Franckeite Galena Geocronite Teallite
Soktui mountain
geology
Soktui mountain is without doubt the most intriguing locality of Russia. In the
early 1860s mineral samples where collected here and presented to professor
Eremeev. In 1868 he published that the samples from Soktui contained the new
mineral Jeremejewite in great yellow crystals. So far nothing is intriguing, but
the locality is lost ever since. Nobody succeeded in finding back the mysterious
Soktui mountain. There is even debate whether it is in the northwest or
southeast of the Adun Cholon range. There are many granite intrusions in the
region and names of mountains have changed frequently.
Solnechnaya mine
geology
The Solnechnaya mine is a pegmatite in the famous Malchan mountains
mineralogy
Bismuthocolumbite Bismutomicrolite
geology
Solongo is located in Buryatia. It is a boron rich skarn deposit.
mineralogy
Alabandite Borcarite Buryatite Bustamite Cahnite Calcite Clinokurchatovite
Dashkovaite Fedorovskite Formicaite Forsterite Frolovite Gahnite Hexahydroborite
Jakobsite Johnbaumite Kurchatovite Ludwigite Magnetite Pentahydroborite
Phlogopite Pyrophanite Rhodonite Roweite Sakhaite Sibirskite Solongoite
Sphalerite Svabite Szaibelyite Turneaureite Vesuvianite Vimsite Vitimite
Wollastonite
 Burjatite |
 Fedorovskite |
 Johnbaumite |
 Magnetite |
 Sakhaite |
 Sphalerite |
Sosedka pegmatite
geology
Sosedka is part of the series of Malkhan pegmatites.
mineralogy
Albite Borocookeite Boromuskovite Elbaite Lepidolite
Spokoinyi deposit
geology
The Spokoinyi deposit is situated in the Paleozoic Aga sandstone belt in eastern
Transbaikal. These rocks are intruded by Mesozoic leucocratic granites. These
granites where subsequently altered to a Greisen.
mineralogy
Bismuthinite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite Elbaite Fluorite Fluoroapatite Muscovite
Pyrrhotite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Wolframite Zircon
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol III, pp197-199
Taininskoye mine
Located near Nerchinsk in Chitinskaya Oblast
mineralogy
Cerussite Hemimorphite Mimetesite Smithsonite
The Talatui mine is closely related to the Darasun mine. It is located about 16km from Darasun inthe same geological setting. The deposit was discovered in 1966 and actively mined between 1983 and 1988. Currently the mine is flooded. Talatui is a gold mine.
Highland Goldmining Ltd website at: www.highlandgold.com
Teremky mine
The Teremky mine is a gold mine located close to Darasun.
Highland Goldmining Ltd website at: www.highlandgold.com
Trekhsvyatitelskoye mine
mineralogy
Beudantite Bindheimite Cerussite Corkite Galena Hemimorphite Mimetesite
Pyromorfite
Tulukui mine
geology
Probably the same geology as the Okt'yaberskoy deposit above. Both localities
are located close to Krasnokamensk
mineralogy
Bauranoite
Udokan deposit
geology
The Udokan deposit consists of metamorphosed terrigenous sediments of the lower
proterozoic Udokan series. This series is over 10km thick and is cut by
intrusive formations. The ore deposit is of the stratiform type. This means that
different groups in the Udokan series are rich in copper ores. The richest layer
is the Naminga group, consisting of sandstone. Other noteworthy groups are the
Sakukan Group and the Butun Group. The Udokan deposit is located in the West
Aldan terrane.
mineralogy
Antlerite Arsenopyrite Azurite Bismuth Bornite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla Cobaltite Copper Covellite
Cuprite Cyanotrichite Delafossite Epidote Galena Goethite Gold Gypsum Hematite
Jarosite Linnaeite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Molybdenite
Polydymite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Siegenite Silver Sphalerite Stromeyerite
Tennantite Tenorite Tin Valleriite
Ore Deposits of the USSR, V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol II
pp170-178
Geology of Ore Deposits, V.I. Smirnov, 1976, p455
geology
Ugol'noye deposit is part of the Ust-Kara gold belt in eastern Transbaikal.
The deposit contains of magnetite veins in granitoid intrusions.
mineralogy
Actinolite Arsenopyrite Bismuth Bismuthinite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Elbaite
Epidote Galena Galena Gold Hematite Ilmenite Magnetite Marcasite
Pyrrhotite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite Wolframite
The geochemistry of gold and it's deposits, geological survey of Canada, bulletin 280, 1979, p 194
Located in the Borchevochnyi mountains, close to Nerchinsk. Between the Shilka and Unda rivers lays a granite complex known for it's gemmy topaz. The Urulga river is a tributary of the Shilka river. The locality was discovered in 1850.
mineralogy
Topaz
Russische Topase und Berylle, Helmut Leithner, Lapis september 1981, pp9-14
Verkhne Ingodinskoye deposit
geology
Verkhne Ingodinskoye is a metasomatic, so called greisen, tin deposit. So
additionally to the mineralogy below I expect cassiterite, fluorite and topaz.
mineralogy
Bismuthinite Gold Ingodite Tetradymite
A metasomatic deposit in Buryatia
mineralogy
Bavenite Bertrandite Eudidymite Eudidymite Fluorite Meliphanite Milarite
Phenakite
Zerentui mine
mineralogy
Cerussite Galena Hemimorphite
Zharchinskoye Mo
deposit
(Zharchikha)
mineralogy
Barite Dickite Gearksutite Prosopite Ralstonite Siderite Zharchikhite*
Zhireken deposit
geology
Zhireken is a gold-molybdenum deposit of the Transbaikal Gold-Molybdenum ore
zone. The geology consists of a basin of paleozoic granites, filled with
Jurassic terrigenous sediments. The ore is connected to a hornblende-biotite
granite intrusion.
mineralogy
Biotite Bismuthinite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Galena Magnetite Molybdenite Quartz
Scheelite Sphalerite Tennantite
Ore deposits of the USSR, by V.I. Smirnov, 1977, Vol. III, pp156-160
Not to be confused with Zolotaya Gora near Karabash in the Urals.
mineralogy
Euxenite-(Y) Gadolinite-(Ce) Microcline
