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Yeleninskoye kaolin deposit, Zhabyk-Karagay massif, Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russiai
Regional Level Types
Yeleninskoye kaolin depositQuarry
Zhabyk-Karagay massifMassif
Kartalinsky DistrictUrban Locality
Chelyabinsk OblastOblast
RussiaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
53° 4' 50'' North , 59° 55' 50'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Parizh2,200 (2018)26.6km
Fershampenuaz4,403 (2018)49.5km
Other Languages:
French:
Mērsrags, Raïon de Kartaly, Oblast de Tcheliabinsk, Russie
German:
Bezirk Mērsrags, Kartalinski rajon, Oblast Tscheljabinsk, Russland
Italian:
Mērsrags, Kartalinskij rajon, Oblast' di Čeljabinsk, Russia
Russian:
Еленинское месторождение каолинов, Джабык-Карагайский массив, Карталинский район, Челябинская область, Россия
Simplified Chinese:
梅斯拉格自治市, 卡爾塔林斯基區, 车里雅宾斯克州, 俄罗斯
Spanish:
Municipio de Mērsrags, Óblast de Cheliábinsk, Rusia
Arabic:
بلدية مورسراغس, أوبلاست تشيليابنسك, روسيا
Armenian:
Մերսրագսի շրջան, Կարտալինսկի շրջան, Չելյաբինսկի մարզ, Ռուսաստան
Basque:
Mērsrags udalerria, Txeliabinsk oblasta, Errusia
Belarusian:
Мэрсрагскі край, Чалябінская вобласць, Расія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Мэрсраскі край, Чалябінская вобласьць, Расея
Bengali:
মার্সর‍্যাগস পৌরসভা, রাশিয়া
Catalan:
Mērsrags, Província de Txeliàbinsk, Rússia
Cebuano:
Mērsraga Novads, Kartalinskiy Rayon, Chelyabinskaya Oblast', Rusya
Danish:
Mērsrags municipality, Tjeljabinsk oblast, Rusland
Dutch:
Mērsraga novads, Kartalinskiy rayon, Oblast Tsjeljabinsk, Rusland
Estonian:
Mērsragsi piirkond, Tšeljabinski oblast, Venemaa
Farsi/Persian:
شهرداری مرسراگس, استان چلیابینسک, روسیه
Finnish:
Mērsragsin kunta, Tšeljabinskin alue, Venäjä
Georgian:
მერსრაგსის მხარე, ჩელიაბინსკის ოლქი, რუსეთი
Greek:
Μέρσραγκς, Περιφέρεια Τσελιάμπινσκ, Ρωσία
Gujarati:
મેર્સરેગ્સ મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી, રશિયા
Hindi:
मर्सरैग्स नगरपालिका, चेल्याबिन्स्क ओब्लास्त, रूस
Indonesian:
Kotamadya Mērsrags, Oblast Chelyabinsk, Rusia
Japanese:
メールスラグス, チェリャビンスク州, ロシア
Kannada:
ಮೆರ್ರಾಗ್ಸ್ ಪುರಸಭೆ, ರಷ್ಯಾ
Korean:
메르스락스 시, 첼랴빈스크주, 러시아
Latvian:
Mērsraga novads, Čeļabinskas apgabals, Krievija
Lithuanian:
Mesrago savivaldybė, Čeliabinsko sritis, Rusija
Macedonian:
Мерсрагс, Чељабинска област, Русија
Malay:
Mersrags municipality, Wilayah Chelyabinsk, Rusia
Marathi:
मिर्र्सगे म्युन्सिपाल्टी, चेलियाबिन्स्क ओब्लास्त, रशिया
Norwegian:
Mersrags kommune, Tsjeljabinsk oblast, Russland
Polish:
Gmina Mērsrags, Obwód czelabiński, Rosja
Portuguese:
Município de Mersrags, Oblast de Tcheliabinsk, Rússia
Sinhalese:
මර්ස්රග්ස් නගර සභාව, රුසියාව
Swedish:
Mērsrags kommun, Tjeljabinsk oblast, Ryssland
Tamil:
மெர்ஸராக்ஸ் நகராட்சி, செல்யாபின்சுக் மாகாணம், உருசியா
Telugu:
మెర్స్‌రాగ్స్ మున్సిపాలిటీ, రష్యా
Thai:
เทศบาลเมืองเมิร์ชแรกส์, ประเทศรัสเซีย
Turkish:
Mersrags Belediyesi, Çelyabinsk Oblastı, Rusya
Ukrainian:
Мерсрагський край, Карталинський район, Челябінська область, Росія
Urdu:
میرسراجس میونسپلٹی, چیلیابنسک اوبلاست, روس
Vietnamese:
Đô thị tự trị Mersrags, Kartalinsky, Chelyabinsk, Nga
Welsh:
Bwrdeistref Mērsrags, Oblast Chelyabinsk, Rwsia


This deposit is located 0.5 m SE of the Novokaolinovy railway station, on the southern outskirts of Stepnoy village.

The first description of this deposit dates back to 1928. The Yeleninsky kaolin plant was started up in 1942.

Kaolin, formed by weathering of biotite granites, forms two trough-shaped bodies (1x0.06-0.2 and 1x0.05-0.15 km), located 0.5 km one from the other. White kaolin typically consists of kaolinite (30-60%), quartz grains (up to 40%), feldspar grains (1-10%), hydromica (1-5%) and sericite flakes.

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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

'Feldspar Group'
Reference: https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=1849
'Hydromica'
Reference: https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=1849
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=1849
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=1849
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=1849
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=1849

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Feldspar Group'-
'Hydromica'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O QuartzSiO2
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
KPotassium
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

References

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Orlovsky, V.G. [Орловский, В.Г.] (1928) Explorations on Gora Magnitnaya [Разведки на горе Магнитной]. Mineral resources and their technology [Минеральное сырье и его переработка], 3, 1 (in Russian).

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