Rudnyi Altai, Asia (original) (raw)

Acanthite

Formula: Ag2S

Localities:

Strezhanskoe deposit, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Aikinite

Formula: PbCuBiS3

Localities:

Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Maleyevskiy Mine (Maleevsky Mine), Zyryanovsk complex, Altai District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Aleksite

Formula: PbBi2Te2S2

Altaite (TL)

Formula: PbTe

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

References:

Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Bryzgalov, I.A., Ksenofontov, D.A., Zyryanova, L.A. & Litvinov, N.D. (2010): Extremely rich iodide mineralization at the Rubtsovskoe base metal deposit (North West Altay, Russia) and its genesis. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 416.

'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

References:

Li, X., Aibai, A., He, X., Tang, R., & Chen, Y. (2022). Chemical Composition and Strontium Isotope Characteristics of Scheelite from the Doranasai Gold Deposit, NW China: Implications for Ore Genesis. Minerals, 12(5), 637.

Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities:

Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Aurichalcite (TL)

Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6

Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Bairdite

Formula: Pb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4) · H2O

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Beaverite-(Cu)

Formula: Pb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6

Berthierite

Formula: FeSb2S4

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Bezsmertnovite

Formula: (Au,Ag)4Cu(Te,Pb)

Bilibinskite

Formula: PbCu2Au3Te2

'Bindheimite'

Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

Bismutite

Formula: (BiO)2CO3

Bogdanovite

Formula: (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)

Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Boulangerite

Formula: Pb5Sb4S11

Bournonite

Formula: PbCuSbS3

Brochantite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

'Bursaite'

Formula: Pb5Bi4S11 (?)

Calaverite

Formula: AuTe2

Localities:

Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zhelande deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Caledonite

Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 20 localities in this region.

Chlorargyrite

Formula: AgCl

'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Chrysocolla

Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

Clinoatacamite

Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl

Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

Connellite

Formula: Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4 · 3H2O

Copper

Formula: Cu

Localities:

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Zakharovskoe base-metal deposit, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Coronadite

Formula: Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

Cosalite

Formula: Pb2Bi2S5

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Cubanite

Formula: CuFe2S3

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Localities:

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Murzinskoe gold deposit, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Cupropolybasite

Formula: [Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]

References:

Sejkora, Jiřı́, Biagioni, Cristian, Škácha, Pavel, Musetti, Silvia, Kasatkin, Anatoly V, Nestola, Fabrizio (2023) Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu 6 (Cu 4 Cd 2) Sb 4 S 13, from Radětice near Přı́bram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (6) 897-907

Devilline

Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O

Dickite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

References:

Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Bryzgalov, I.A., Ksenofontov, D.A., Zyryanova, L.A. & Litvinov, N.D. (2010): Extremely rich iodide mineralization at the Rubtsovskoe base metal deposit (North West Altay, Russia) and its genesis. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 416.

Digenite

Formula: Cu9S5

Djurleite

Formula: Cu31S16

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Murzinskoe gold deposit, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Duftite

Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)

Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Axile Au deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Murzinskoe gold deposit, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

'Feldspar Group'

Localities:

Axile Au deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Ferrihollandite

Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Fe3+2)O16

Ferrihydrite (TL)

Formula: Fe3+10O14(OH)2

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Fornacite

Formula: Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)

'Freibergite Subgroup'

Formula: (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Galenobismutite

Formula: PbBi2S4

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities:

Rider Mine (Rider-Sokol'skii Mine; Rederovski Mine), Altai Krai, Russia
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Murzinskoe gold deposit, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Gold var. Electrum

Formula: (Au,Ag)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

'Gold Amalgam'

Goslarite

Formula: ZnSO4 · 7H2O

Greenockite

Formula: CdS

Gudmundite

Formula: FeSbS

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Halloysite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Hammarite

Formula: Pb2Cu2Bi4S9

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Hedleyite

Formula: Bi7Te3

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

Hessite (TL)

Formula: Ag2Te

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Hollandite

Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

Hydrocerussite

Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2

'Hydromuscovite'

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zhelande deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Imiterite

Formula: Ag2HgS2

References:

Sejkora, Jiřı́, Biagioni, Cristian, Škácha, Pavel, Musetti, Silvia, Kasatkin, Anatoly V, Nestola, Fabrizio (2023) Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu 6 (Cu 4 Cd 2) Sb 4 S 13, from Radětice near Přı́bram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (6) 897-907

Indium

Formula: In

Iodargyrite

Formula: AgI

Jalpaite

Formula: Ag3CuS2

Localities:

Strezhanskoe deposit, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities:

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

'Jasper'

References:

Yang, Yu, Zhang, Huishan, Yang, Xiaoyong, Sun, Chao, Ren, Guangli, Li, Yanguang, Chen, Bo, Jin, Mengqi, Zhao, Xiaojian, Zhou, Ningchao (2024) Evolution of the hydrothermal ore-forming system of Ashele VMS-type Cu-Zn deposit in Xinjiang, NW China: Insights from mineralogy and geochemistry of sulfides. Ore Geology Reviews, 167. 105977 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105977

'Joséite'

Formula: Bi4TeS2

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Axile Au deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Murzinskoe gold deposit, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

'K Feldspar'

Localities:

Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Saershouke deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

'K Feldspar var. Adularia'

Formula: KAlSi3O8

Kobellite

Formula: Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Krennerite

Formula: Au3AgTe8

Langite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O

Lednevite (TL)

Formula: Cu[PO3(OH)] · H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Kasatkin, A.V., Zubkova, N.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Škoda, R., Nestola, F., Agakhanov, A.A., Chukanov, N.V., Belakovskiy, D.I. and Všianský, D. (2024) Lednevite, IMA 2023-094. CNMNC Newsletter 77; Mineralogical Magazine, 88, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2024.5

Likasite

Formula: Cu3(NO3)(OH)5 · 2H2O

'Limonite'

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Linarite

Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

Lindströmite

Formula: Pb3Cu3Bi7S15

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Lithiophorite

Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zhelande deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

'Manganese Oxides'

Manganite

Formula: Mn3+O(OH)

Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Marshite

Formula: CuI

References:

Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Bryzgalov, I.A., Ksenofontov, D.A., Zyryanova, L.A. & Litvinov, N.D. (2010): Extremely rich iodide mineralization at the Rubtsovskoe base metal deposit (North West Altay, Russia) and its genesis. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 416.

Matildite

Formula: AgBiS2

Mckinstryite

Formula: Ag5-xCu3+xS4

References:

Sejkora, Jiřı́, Biagioni, Cristian, Škácha, Pavel, Musetti, Silvia, Kasatkin, Anatoly V, Nestola, Fabrizio (2023) Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu 6 (Cu 4 Cd 2) Sb 4 S 13, from Radětice near Přı́bram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (6) 897-907

Miersite

Formula: (Ag,Cu)I

References:

Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Bryzgalov, I.A., Ksenofontov, D.A., Zyryanova, L.A. & Litvinov, N.D. (2010): Extremely rich iodide mineralization at the Rubtsovskoe base metal deposit (North West Altay, Russia) and its genesis. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 416.

Millerite

Formula: NiS

Mimetite

Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Minium

Formula: Pb3O4

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

'Monazite'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Montbrayite

Formula: (Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38

Montmorillonite

Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Muscovite var. Illite

Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2

Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Nagyágite

Formula: [Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3

Natrojarosite

Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6

Naumannite

Formula: Ag2Se

Nisbite

Formula: NiSb2

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Nuffieldite

Formula: Cu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S7

References:

Mozgova, N. N., Nenasheva, S. N., Borodaev, Y. S., & Yudovskaya, M. A. (1994). Nuffieldite from the Maleevskoe massive sulfide deposit, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 359-359.

Osarizawaite

Formula: Pb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6

References:

Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Bryzgalov, I.A., Ksenofontov, D.A., Zyryanova, L.A. & Litvinov, N.D. (2010): Extremely rich iodide mineralization at the Rubtsovskoe base metal deposit (North West Altay, Russia) and its genesis. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 416.

Pearceite

Formula: [Ag6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]

Perite

Formula: PbBiClO2

'Petroleum'

'Petroleum var. Bitumen'

Petzite

Formula: Ag3AuTe2

Philipsburgite

Formula: Cu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6 · H2O

Phosgenite

Formula: Pb2CO3Cl2

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl

Pilsenite

Formula: Bi4Te3

'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

Localities:

Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Saershouke deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Plumbojarosite

Formula: Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

Polybasite

Formula: [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]

Powellite

Formula: Ca(MoO4)

'Psilomelane'

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 20 localities in this region.

Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

References:

Xiao, W., Pirajno, F., Seltmann, R., Safonova, I., Chen, Y., & Muhtar, M. N. (2022). Metallogeny of the Southern Altaids: Key to understanding the accretionary tectonics and crustal evolution of Central Asia. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104871.

Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl

Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

References:

Xiao, W., Pirajno, F., Seltmann, R., Safonova, I., Chen, Y., & Muhtar, M. N. (2022). Metallogeny of the Southern Altaids: Key to understanding the accretionary tectonics and crustal evolution of Central Asia. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104871.

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Quartz var. Milky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

References:

Li, X., Aibai, A., He, X., Tang, R., & Chen, Y. (2022). Chemical Composition and Strontium Isotope Characteristics of Scheelite from the Doranasai Gold Deposit, NW China: Implications for Ore Genesis. Minerals, 12(5), 637.

Ranciéite

Formula: (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O

Redgillite

Formula: Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O

'Rezbanyite (of Frenzel)'

Formula: Pb3Cu2Bi10S19

Description: Not explicitl stated in abstract if Rezbanyite (of Frenzel) or Rezbanyite (of Hermann).

'Rhombohedral Carbonate'

Formula: (Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3

Rickardite

Formula: Cu7Te5

Rosasite

Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2

Rouaite

Formula: Cu2(NO3)(OH)3

Rucklidgeite

Formula: PbBi2Te4

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

'Saussurite'

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Localities:

Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Duolanasayi Mine (Duolanashayi Mine; Duonalasayi Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Schulenbergite

Formula: (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O

Serpierite

Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Silver

Formula: Ag

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Silver var. Küstelite

Formula: Ag

Silver var. Native Amalgam

Formula: (Ag,Hg)

'Smectite Group'

Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O

Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO3

Localities:

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Zyryanovsk Mine, Altai District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Murzinskoe gold deposit, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Smithsonite var. Monheimite

Formula: (Zn,Fe)CO3

Spertiniite

Formula: Cu(OH)2

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Stephanite

Formula: Ag5SbS4

Sternbergite

Formula: AgFe2S3

Stevensite

Formula: (Ca,Na)xMg3-x(Si4O10)(OH)2

Stromeyerite (TL)

Formula: AgCuS

Localities:

Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Strezhanskoe deposit, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Sylvanite

Formula: AgAuTe4

Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

'Tantalite'

Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

Tellurite

Formula: TeO2

References:

Li, X., Aibai, A., He, X., Tang, R., & Chen, Y. (2022). Chemical Composition and Strontium Isotope Characteristics of Scheelite from the Doranasai Gold Deposit, NW China: Implications for Ore Genesis. Minerals, 12(5), 637.

Tellurium

Formula: Te

Tellurobismuthite

Formula: Bi2Te3

'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

Localities:

Strezhanskoe deposit, Altai Krai, Russia
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Maleyevskiy Mine (Maleevsky Mine), Zyryanovsk complex, Altai District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

'Tennantite Subgroup var. Zinc-bearing Tennantite'

Formula: Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13

'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

Tennantite-(Zn)

Formula: Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S

Tenorite

Formula: CuO

Tetradymite

Formula: Bi2Te2S

Localities:

Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Maleyevskiy Mine (Maleevsky Mine), Zyryanovsk complex, Altai District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine), Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Tetrahedrite-(Cd)

Formula: Cu6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S12S

References:

Sejkora, Jiřı́, Biagioni, Cristian, Škácha, Pavel, Musetti, Silvia, Kasatkin, Anatoly V, Nestola, Fabrizio (2023) Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu 6 (Cu 4 Cd 2) Sb 4 S 13, from Radětice near Přı́bram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (6) 897-907

Tetrahedrite-(Hg)

Formula: Cu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4S12S

References:

Sejkora, Jiřı́, Biagioni, Cristian, Škácha, Pavel, Musetti, Silvia, Kasatkin, Anatoly V, Nestola, Fabrizio (2023) Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu 6 (Cu 4 Cd 2) Sb 4 S 13, from Radětice near Přı́bram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (6) 897-907

Tetrahedrite-(Mn)

Formula: Cu6(Cu4Mn2)Sb4S12S

References:

Sejkora, Jiřı́, Biagioni, Cristian, Škácha, Pavel, Musetti, Silvia, Kasatkin, Anatoly V, Nestola, Fabrizio (2023) Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu 6 (Cu 4 Cd 2) Sb 4 S 13, from Radětice near Přı́bram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (6) 897-907

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup var. Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite'

Formula: (Cu,Ag)6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13

Tetrahedrite-(Zn)

Formula: Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12S

Todorokite

Formula: (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12 · 3-4H2O

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Tungstite

Formula: WO3 · H2O

'UM1968-05-Te:Bi'

Formula: Bi2Te5

Uytenbogaardtite (TL)

Formula: Ag3AuS2

Type Locality:

Weissite

Formula: Cu2-xTe

Witherite

Formula: BaCO3

Wittichenite

Formula: Cu3BiS3

Wulfenite

Formula: Pb(MoO4)

'Xenotime'

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Localities:

Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Saershouke deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine), Zmeinogorsky District, Altai Krai, Russia