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Buruktal Mine, Buruktal massif, Buruktal District, Svetlyi, Orenburgskaya Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Nickel deposit in the weathering crust of an ultramafic massif. Ores consist of serpentinites and iron oxides enriched in nickel and cobalt.

References

- Mikhailov, B.M. (2000): Nickel ores in the Urals. Lithology and Mineral Resources 35(4), 351-364.
- Talovina, I.V., Lazarenkov, V.G., and Vorontsova, N.I. (2003): Platinoids and Gold in Oxide–Silicate Nickel Ores of the Buruktal and Ufalei Deposits in the Urals. Lithology and Mineral Resources 38(5), 403-415.
- Mikhailov, B.M. (2004): Hypergene Metallogeny of the Urals. Lithology and Mineral Resources 39(2), 114-134.

Mineral List

Aegirine
Antigorite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite

Chrysotile
Clinochlore
Cryptomelane
Goethite
Gold
Halloysite-10Å
Halloysite-7Å
Hematite
Illite
Kaolinite
Kerolite
Limonite
Lizardite
Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Montmorillonite
Nontronite
Opal
Pyrochroite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Chalcedony

Saponite
Sepiolite
'Smectite Group'
Talc
Todorokite
Tridymite


31 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.

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