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Galena from
Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87474
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87474:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Galena in this Region
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
58.7km (36.5 miles) ā“˜Sokli carbonatite complex, Tulppio, Savukoski, Lapland, Finland
86.5km (53.7 miles) ā“˜Kandaguba complex, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
88.0km (54.7 miles) ā“˜Sallanlatvi Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Mikhailova, Julia A., Kalashnikov, Andrey O., Sokharev, Victor A., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Konopleva, Nataly G., Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Bazai, Ayya V., Goryainov, Pavel M., Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu. (2015) 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscoriteā€“carbonatite complex (Russia) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (1) 131-149 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0594-z
Ivanyuk, Gregory, Kalashnikov, Andrey, Pakhomovsky, Yakov, Bazai, Ayya, Goryainov, Pavel, Mikhailova, Julia, Yakovenchuk, Victor, Konopleva, Nataly (2017) Subsolidus Evolution of the Magnetite-Spinel-UlvƶSpinel Solid Solutions in the Kovdor Phoscorite-Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia. Minerals, 7 (11) 215 doi:10.3390/min7110215
Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Panikorovskii, Taras L., Mikhailova, Julia A., Kalashnikov, Andrei O., Bazai, Ayya V., Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Konopleva, Nataly G., Goryainov, Pavel M. (2018) Three-D Mineralogical Mapping of the Kovdor Phoscorite-Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia: II. Sulfides. Minerals, 8 (7) 292 doi:10.3390/min8070292
 
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