Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kokchetav Massif, Zerendy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 251336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kokchetav Massif, Zerendy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kumdy-Kol Area

Latitude: 53°10'14"N
Longitude: 69°7'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.170555555556,69.130555555556

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cristobalite	Diamond	Dmisteinbergite	Epidote
Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Coesite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Kokchetavite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Maruyamaite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cristobalite Diamond Dmisteinbergite Epidote
Garnet Löllingite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1160	360	0		3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1160	360	1	77117	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1160	360	0		27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1160	360	0		1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1160	360	1	77117	77
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1160	360	0		453
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1160	360	1	77117	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1160	360	1	77117	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1160	360	1	77117	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1160	360	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1160	360	1	77117	1544
Kokchetavite ()*	Dmisteinbergite	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	360	0		4
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1160	360	0		1507
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1160	360	0		762
Maruyamaite ()*	Tourmaline	K(MgAl₂)(Al₅Mg)(BO₃)₃(Si₆O₁₈)(OH)₃O	1160	360	1	77117	1
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1160	360	0		17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1160	360	0		1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1160	360	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1160	360	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1160	360	1	77117	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	360	1	77117	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1160	360	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1160	360	0		1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1160	360	1	77117	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1160	360	0		2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1160	360	0		652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1160	1152	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1160	360	1	77117	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001023	The Kokchetav median massif formed during the Caledonian orogeny. Its basement is composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks and weakly metamorphosed volcanoclastic deposits of the Cambrian-Ordovician age cut by multi-phase complexes of granitoids formed during the Silurian-Devonian orogenic period. Isolated basins in the basement are filled with orogenic volcano-sedimentary rocks and post-Devonian (Carboniferous-Jurassic) platform sediments. The basement of this massif is cut into individual blocks by a series of long-lived deep-seated faults of various orientations. The main uranium deposits of the region are located at nodes of intersection of these faults, for the most part, near the periphery of uplifted blocks of Precambrian metamorphic rocks cut by granite inclusions.
Michelle_296	Kokchetav Massif on the NE shore of Lake Chelkar near Chaikino Settlement

Age ID

Locality Notes

Giersdorf_00001023

The Kokchetav median massif formed during the Caledonian orogeny. Its basement is composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks and weakly metamorphosed volcanoclastic deposits of the Cambrian-Ordovician age cut by multi-phase complexes of granitoids formed during the Silurian-Devonian orogenic period. Isolated basins in the basement are filled with orogenic volcano-sedimentary rocks and post-Devonian (Carboniferous-Jurassic) platform sediments. The basement of this massif is cut into individual blocks by a series of long-lived deep-seated faults of various orientations. The main uranium deposits of the region are located at nodes of intersection of these faults, for the most part, near the periphery of uplifted blocks of Precambrian metamorphic rocks cut by granite inclusions.

Michelle_296

Kokchetav Massif on the NE shore of Lake Chelkar near Chaikino Settlement

2 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_00001023	370	360	370-360											251336	Kokchetav Massif, Zerendy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan	Kokchetav Ore Region	Laverov et al. (1992)	10.1080/00206819209465621	IGR34_549	Deposits are formed from granitic intrusions into the Kokchetav massif. The uranium deposits (Grachevsk, Manybaysk, Zaozernoe, Tastykol'sk, etc.) formed at 360-370 Ma and are primarily localized in highly faulted Vendian and Cambrian-Ordovician rocks
	Michelle_296	1160	1152	1156±4	U-Pb	Crystallization period of melts		zircon	Z9032			Zircon			251336	Kokchetav Massif, Zerendy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan	Kokchetav Massif	Tret’yakov et al. (2011)	10.1134/S1028334X11100072	DES440_1367	Age of the crystallization of melts, parental of the gneissic granite protolith

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