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Occurrence number:
136-03-015
Country:
Russia
Region:
Central Baikal sub-province
Location:
Longitude: 103.47, Latitude: 51.67
Carbonatite:
No
This complex, which is composed of gabbro-anorthosite, essexite, shonkinite and pyroxenite, lies within Precambrian gneisses, migmatites and marbles. It is cut by dykes of syenite and syenite-diorite. Pegmatitic granite and metasomatic diopside or phlogopite rocks are widely developed.
Economic:
Phlogopite has been mined since 1947 and lazurite is also extracted.
References:
VASILYEV Ye.P., VISHNYAKOV, V.N. and REZNITSKY, L.Z. 1969. Geology of the area of the Slyudyanka phlogopite deposits. In E.P. Pavlovsky (ed) Geology of the Baikal Region. 63-8. Institute of the Earth's Crust, Irkutsk.
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