Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abyz, Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 393

mindat Locality ID: 272287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272287.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abyz, Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°24'33"N
Longitude: 76°6'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.409166666667,76.115555555556

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.

Bismutite	Copper	Meneghinite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Petzite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Bi C Cu Hg O Pb S Sb Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Cu Fe Hg O Pb S Sb Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Copper Meneghinite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	419	393	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	419	393	489
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	419	393	716
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	419	393	169
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	393	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	419	393	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	419	393	804
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	419	393	409
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	419	393	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	419	393	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	419	393	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	419	393	586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	419	393	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	419	393	5317

1 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
	vms-00588	419	393	Early Devonian											272287	Abyz, Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Abyz	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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