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Locality Name:
Bataly Cu Deposit, Denisov, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 292

mindat Locality ID: 208392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bataly Cu Deposit, Denisov, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°52'59"N
Longitude: 61°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.883055555556,61.416666666667

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)31029208803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS31029209052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS431029205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S31029205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2310292027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS31029204165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33102920802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)31029208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310292024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31029207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu310292030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3310292014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3102920581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4310292014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2310292012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231029205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2310292017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2310292039462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)31029204894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310292021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1331029205317



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-00609310292310–292      Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, SphaleriteCu208392Bataly Cu Deposit, Denisov, Kostanay Region, KazakhstanBatalySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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