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Locality Name:
Koksay Cu Deposit (Koksai), Kerbulak, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 464
Youngest recorded age at locality: 380

mindat Locality ID: 208339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koksay Cu Deposit (Koksai), Kerbulak, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°27'0"N
Longitude: 78°25'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.45,78.433055555556

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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeDigeniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)46438001588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS46438009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)246438005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)464380011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi46438001966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS446438005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S46438005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2464380027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O46438003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu46438003846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S54643800344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS46438004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34643800802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O46438002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S46438001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS464380024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)46438007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu464380030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3464380014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4464380014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS246438005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS246438005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2464380017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2464380039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S846438009056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS464380021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1346438001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1346438005317



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
PorphCu-00600464380464–380      Anhydrite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cosalite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu208339Koksay Cu Deposit (Koksai), Kerbulak, Almaty Region, KazakhstanKoksaiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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