Ukraine
and Belarus
This
is a comprehensive list of alkaline localities in the Ukraine and one
in Belarus, mostly, but not only (don´t underestimate me !),
taken from the Woolley book (see below), generously given to me for 3
months by Peter G.Seroka - many thanks ! Btw - the information
not from the book is from P.G.Seroka himself. The mineral lists are
certainly incomplete.
- Ukraine:
- Yastrebets: 4km².
Syenites. Aegirine, allanite, andradite, annite, apatite grp.,
bastnaesite, britholite, ferroedenite, ferrohastingsite, fluorite,
hedenbergite, ilmenite, patisite, plagioclase, riebeckite, taramite.
- Davidki: 30km².
Gabbroitic rocks in the peripehry, syenites in the centre. Apatite
grp., baddeleyite, ferrohedenbergite, hedenbergite, ilmenite,
magnetite, plagioclase, zircon.
- Korosten: Aegirine
syenites in anorthosite-granite plutons. Aegirine, aegirine-augite,
albite, andradite, apatite grp., fluorite, ilmenite, microcline,
oligoclase, quartz, riebeckite, titanite, zircon.
- Antonovskii: Discovered
by drilling only. Essexite, jacupirangite, ijolite, sovite,
nepheline syenite.
- Proskurovskii: Discovered
by drilling. Syenites, granosyenites, nepheline syenite, pulaskite,
melteigite, probably carbonatites. Amphibole grp., apatite grp.,
biotite, calcite, nepheline.
- South Cherkasskii Sill:
Lamproite. Amphibole grp., apatite grp., ilmenite, magnetite,
microcline, pargasite, phlogopite, rutile, titanite.
- Korsun-Novomirgorod:
Aegirine syenite. Similar to Korosten.
- Korsun-Novomirgorod Margin:
Monzonites, syenites (quartz-). Allanite, apatite grp., chevkinite,
fayalite, ferrohastingsite, hedenbergite, ilmenite, quartz, zircon.
- Malotersyanskii:
12x4.5km. Laccolith-like intrusionm subalkaline gabbros around,
alkaline syenites and foyaites in the centre, pegmatite and other
dykes. Aegirine, aenigmatite, albite, allanite, apatite grp.,
astrophyllite, bastnaesite, hatchetollite, hedenbergite, nepheline,
olivine, orthoclase, pyrochlore, thorite, zircon.
- Dnieper-Donetz Basin: Oil
drilling revealed a 1800km² underground zone of different
alkaline rocks (e.g. ijolite, monchiquite).
- Chernigovskii:
Carbonatites, alkaline syenites, nordkmarkite, nepheline syenites,
pyroxenites a.o.. Aegirine, albite, allanite, amphibole grp.,
anatase, ancylite, apatite grp., baddeleyite, barkevikite, biotite,
calcite, columbite, diopside, dolomite, fergusonite-(Ce),
hatchettolite, magnetite, monazite, nepheline, olivine, phlogopite,
pyrochlore, salite, spinel, tetraferriphlogopite, titanite, zircon,
„sulfides“.
- Azov Sea Coast Dykes:
Belt of alkaline ultrabasic dykes, Jacupirangite a.o..
- Oktyabr´skii: Very
well described intrusion, formerly aka Mariupol massif. Granites to
subalkaline rocks to alkaline and nepheline syenites, pegmatites,
phonolites. Aegirine, astrophylliite, augite, baddeleyite,
beckelite, britholite, eudialyte, ferrosalite, hedenbergite,
nepheline, pyrochlore, taramite, zircon.
- Pokrovo-Kireevo:
Syenites, nepheline syenites, malignite, pyroixenite, subalkaline
rocks. Aegirine, apatite grp., augite, biotite, calcite, feldspar
grp., ferrosalite, hedenbergite, magnetite, nepheline, quartz.
- Kalmius: Surface
manifestation of a huge batholith of 1500 km². Syenites,
granosyenites. Amphibole grp., fluorite.
- Elanchik: Syenites.
Fayalite, ferrohastingsite, hedenbergite.
- Kuznetsko-Mihailovskii Belt:
35x2km. Parallel dykes of peralkaline microgranites. Aegirine,
feldspar grp., quartz, riebeckite, zeolite grp.
- South Kalchik: Different
syenites, monzosyenite, granites.
- Primosrkii: Peralkaline
syenites, granosyenites, discovered by drilling only.
- Metropolskii: Discovered
by drilling only. 5-8km in diameter. Amphibole syenite,
granosyenite.
- Petrovsko-Gnutovo:
Alkaline pegmatites, fluorite-carbonate vein.
- Belarus:
- Zhitkovitschskii: Alkali
pegmatites, granosyenites. Aegirine, bastnaesite, brookite,
byelorussite-(Ce), magnesioriebeckite, microcline,
montmorillonite.
- &Suggested
reading:
- Kogarko,L.N., V.A.Kononova,
M.P.Orlova, A.R.Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the
World. Part 2: Former USSR. Chapman and Hall, London, 1995.
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