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Locality Name:
Myutenbai Ag-Au Deposit, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 297
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 224650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Myutenbai Ag-Au Deposit, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, 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
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFeldsparMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymite
Ullmannite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Ingodite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Kawazulite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS297220087
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29722008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29722009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi29722001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S329722001935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS329722001089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)297220027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2297220027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS28622002600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2972200281
Gold  (*)CopperAu297220030554
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3297220054
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS297220030
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142972200784
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S297220086
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se297220032
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi297220088
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22972200300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS229723305800
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2972200192
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2972200716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2297220039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S829722009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2297220061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)29722004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS297220021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S329722003418
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S297220013
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32972200276
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe2972200100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2972200293


3 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
Alexandra-0325238234236 ± 2U–PbAge of porphyry dykezirconSG-10 YesZircon  224651Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanMuruntauSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
Mo-00476297233 K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd    YesMolybdeniteMo224651Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Kempe et al. (2001)10.1007/s001260100156MD36_379 
Hg-00097286220 Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar    YesCinnabarHg47384Muruntau Mine, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Wilde et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.3.633EG96_633 

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