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Locality Name:
Chatyrkul Cu Deposit, Shu, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 446
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 208341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chatyrkul Cu Deposit, Shu, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°37'11"N
Longitude: 74°16'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.619722222222,74.266666666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	446	355	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	446	355	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	446	355	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	446	355	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	446	355	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	446	355	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	446	355	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	446	355	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	446	355	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	446	355	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	446	355	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	446	355	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	446	355	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	446	355	21482

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
	sedcu-00502	340	340	L. Carboniferous							Yes			Cu	16634	Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	Dzhambul	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	PorphCu-00602	446	355	446–355									Albite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	208341	Chatyrkul Cu Deposit, Shu, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	Chatyrkul	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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