Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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Kuznetsko-Mikhailovskii Belt

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Occurrence number: 
171-00-017
Country: 
Ukraine
Location: 
Longitude: 39.15, Latitude: 47.4
Carbonatite: 
No

This occurrence consists of a system of parallel dykes within an area of 35x2 km. They are of peralkaline microgranites which contain phenocrysts of alkali feldspar and quartz in a groundmass of feldspar, quartz, riebeckite, aegirine and zeolites.

Age: 
Ages of 340-326 Ma have been determined by the K-Ar method.
References: 

SHATALOV, N.N. 1986. Dykes of the Priazov region. Naukova Dumka, AN Ukraine SSR, Institute of Geological Sciences. 192 pp.
YELISEEV, N.A., KUSHEV, V.G. and VINOGRADOV, D.P. 1965. Proterozoic intrusive complex of the eastern Priazov region. Nauka, Moscow and Leningrad, 204 pp.

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