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Metasandstone from
Kavokta deposit, Vitim Plateau, Baunt District, Buryatia, Russia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Type:Metasandstone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metasandstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kavokta deposit, Vitim Plateau, Baunt District, Buryatia, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1655432
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1655432:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Kislov, Evgeniy V. (2024) Kavokta Deposit, Middle Vitim Mountain Country, Russia: Composition and Genesis of Dolomite Type Nephrite. Geosciences, 14 (11). doi:10.3390/geosciences14110303
Yang, Yuting; Lu, Xiaoxue; Kislov, Evgeniy V.; Bai, Feng; Liu, Yan (2026) Genesis of nephrite-bearing magnesian skarns in the Kavokta deposit, Vitim region, eastern Buryatia, Russia: Evidence from petrography, geochemistry, and zircon U–Pb ages and δ18O values. Ore Geology Reviews, 188. 107016 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.107016
 
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