Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 186859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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 Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Tl

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Tl

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Stibnite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurostibite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprostibite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gold ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	372	359	73
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	359	27198
Cuprostibite ()*	None	Cu₂(Sb,Tl)	372	359	15
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	372	359	663
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	372	359	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	372	359	784
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	359	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	372	359	3418

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
	sedznpb-00288	372	359	Late Devonian \|(late Famennian)											186859	Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan	Bestyube	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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