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Locality Name:
Ushkatyn Deposits (Ushkatan), Zhayrem (Zhairem), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

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

mindat Locality ID: 68195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ushkatyn Deposits (Ushkatan), Zhayrem (Zhairem), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ushkatyn No. 3 Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteAxiniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChloriteClayCoronaditeCorundum
EpidoteMonaziteNoneOlivinePyrosmaliteRhodoniteRocksaltRoseliteRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWagnerite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Brandtite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Friedelite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gasparite-(La)  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)
Kentrolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pennantite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Sarkinite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)237235917736288
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372359011547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)83723590173
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O37235917736218
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)372359177362483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)37235917736227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3723591773624979
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163723590227
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123723590663
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)10372359040
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS372359024243
Gasparite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(AsO4)3723591773625
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4372359177362350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3372359014640
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4372359177362172
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)37235917736222
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4372359014899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)3723590770
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)372359177362186
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)837235917736225
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3723590260
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23723591773623106
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)10372359038
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3723591773621711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)372359177362969
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)372359030
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS372359021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1337235901803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)3723590240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337235905317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O372359177362433
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43723591773621655



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
sedznpb-00298372359Late Devonian (Famennian)        68194Ushkatyn No. 3 Deposit, Ushkatyn Deposits (Ushkatan), Zhayrem (Zhairem), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanUshkatyn IIISinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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