Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Melitopolskii

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Occurrence number: 
171-00-020
Country: 
Ukraine
Location: 
Longitude: 35.42, Latitude: 47.12
Carbonatite: 
No

An intrusion of amphibole syenite and granosyenites, with a diameter of 5-8 km, has been discovered by drilling. These rocks are peralkaline and contain alkali amphibole.

Age: 
Middle Proterozoic (Kon'kov and Marchenko, 1980).
References: 

KON'KOV, G.G. and MARCHENKO, Ye.Ya. 1980. Alkaline rocks and carbonatites in the surroundings of the Ukrainian shield. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 252: 937-41.

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