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Locality Name:
Bazardara Ore Cluster, Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 287.53
Youngest recorded age at locality: 285.13

mindat Locality ID: 207225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bazardara Ore Cluster, Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Akjilga Ag-Sb Deposit
Trezubets Sn-W Deposit

Latitude: 37°59'11"N
Longitude: 73°16'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.986388888889,73.271388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AramayoiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopper
CorundumFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteLillianiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNone
PavonitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
TetrahedriteTopaz

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hematite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3287.53285.131115536315
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb287.53285.131115536363
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6287.53285.13111553629
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS287.53285.132115536,1155379052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)287.53285.13111553611547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S12287.53285.13111553645
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi287.53285.1311155361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3287.53285.132115536,1155371935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3287.53285.1311155361089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2287.53285.1311155375171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2287.53285.132115536,11553727198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2287.53285.131115536162
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5287.53285.131115536344
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8287.53285.131115536126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4287.53285.131115536651
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2287.53285.131115536246
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48287.53285.13111553654
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2287.53285.132115536,1155379617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12287.53285.131115536663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS287.53285.132115536,11553724243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS287.53285.131115536170
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6287.53285.131115536113
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3287.53285.13111553614640
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2287.53285.131115537762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4287.53285.13111553714899
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2287.53285.131115536252
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2287.53285.131115536300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)287.53285.1311155374924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2287.53285.13111553717380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3287.53285.1311155361425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2287.53285.132115536,11553739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8287.53285.132115536,1155379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2287.53285.132115536,11553761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)287.53285.1311155374894
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21287.53285.131115536165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)287.53285.1311155366417
Silver  (*)CopperAg287.53285.1311155365186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS287.53285.132115536,11553721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4287.53285.132115536,115537668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3287.53285.1311155363418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13287.53285.1311155365317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2287.53285.1311155371476



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Co-00101287.53285.13286.33Ar-Ar sericite    Co, As, Au207227Akjilga Ag-Sb Deposit, Bazardara Ore Cluster, Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, TajikistanAkdjilga-Chalkuiryuk Au–Co depositTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 


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