stripes
Occurrence number:
136-16-001
Country:
Russia
Region:
Primorye
Location:
Longitude: 134.12, Latitude: 46.43
Carbonatite:
No
In the Bikin River basin volcanic fields of alkaline basaltoids form gently sloping hills and are present as lava flows and sills. They overlie lower Miocene coal-bearing strata and are overlapped by clays of Pleistocene age. The basaltoids are considerably metamorphosed. They contain analcime and zeolites.
Age:
Neogene.
References:
KOTLYUR, S.G. 1968. North-east and Far East. In Yu.I. Polovinkina (ed) Geological structures of the USSR. 3 Magmatism. Nedra, Moscow. 640 pp.
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