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Locality Name:
Zambarak Pb-Zn Deposit, East Karamazar Ore District, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Sughd, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 259.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251.9

mindat Locality ID: 19031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zambarak Pb-Zn Deposit, East Karamazar Ore District, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Sughd, Tajikistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ba O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Galena  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)259.1251.9011547
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS259.1251.9024243
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2259.1251.9061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS259.1251.9021482



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00001024Location is host to part of a series of stockwork-vein type deposits found in the former Soviet Union, found in the massifs of Tien-Shan and Transbaykalia of the Ural-Mongolian fold belt and in the Burein massif of the Pacific belt.


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
Giersdorf_00001024259.1251.9Late Permian Deposits formation is thought to coincide with the final stages of volcanic processes in the late Permian.   Yes U14759Dzherkamar Uranium Deposit, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Sughd, TajikistanKaramazar Ore RegionLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Ages are associated with volcanic processes found in the area.


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