Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beshkak U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.03

mindat Locality ID: 208294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beshkak U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur	Vivianite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Selenium ()*
Strontianite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Se Si Sr Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Se Si Sr Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur Vivianite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	66	23.03	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	23.03	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	66	23.03	566
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	23.03	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	23.03	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	23.03	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	23.03	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	66	23.03	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	23.03	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	66	23.03	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	66	23.03	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	23.03	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	23.03	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	23.03	5614
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	66	23.03	143
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	66	23.03	589
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	66	23.03	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	66	23.03	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	66	23.03	636

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001032	Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Ore is described as lean and is extracted exclusively by underground leaching.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00001032	66	23.03	Paleogene										U	208294	Beshkak U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan	Beshkak-Lyavlyakan Deposit	Laverov et al. (1992)	10.1080/00206819209465621	IGR34_549	Age described in literature as Paleogene

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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