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Locality Name:
Kounrad Copper Mine, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 335
Youngest recorded age at locality: 292.5

mindat Locality ID: 205981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kounrad Copper Mine, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°59'23"N
Longitude: 74°59'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.989722222222,74.987222222222
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 C Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCubaniteCyanotrichite
DiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteValleriiteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe3353240489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63353240966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO533532401310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS33532409052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)233532405509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS433532405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S33532405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2335324027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O33532403531
Copper  (*)CopperCu33532403846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O333532401797
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33353240802
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)23353240179
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)3353240481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43353240651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43353240910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS43353240163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123353240663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS335324024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu335324030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3335324014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)633532402228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)433532405591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS43353240198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4335324014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2335324012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS233532405674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS233532405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2335324017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2335324039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S833532409056
Silver  (*)CopperAg33532405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS335324021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1333532401803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1333532405317
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]3353240237
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS3353240372


5 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
Mo-00379302.4293.4297.9±4.5Re-Os molybdenitexh080910-11(1) YesMolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, PowelliteMo171339East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanEast Kounrad greisen W-Mo depositChen et al. (2010)10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006GF1_115 
Mo-00380302.3293.5297.9±4.4Re-Os molybdenitexh080910-11(2) YesMolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, PowelliteMo171339East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanEast Kounrad greisen W-Mo depositChen et al. (2010)10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006GF1_115 
Mo-00381303.1292.5297.8±5.3Re-Os molybdenitexh080910-11(3) YesMolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, PowelliteMo171339East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanEast Kounrad greisen W-Mo depositChen et al. (2010)10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006GF1_115 
Mo-00382302.5294.3298.4±4.1Re-Os molybdenitexh080910-11(3) YesMolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, PowelliteMo171339East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanEast Kounrad greisen W-Mo depositChen et al. (2010)10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006GF1_115 
PorphCu-00327335324335–324      Altaite, Alunite, Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Corundum, Cubanite, Diaspore, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, ValleriiteCu205981Kounrad Copper Mine, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanKounradSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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