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Locality Name:
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 2226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°59'48"N
Longitude: 63°10'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.996666666667,63.178055555556

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGmelinite
GypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalate
PolybasitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
StilbiteTetrahedriteWurtziteXanthoconite

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cupropearceite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gmelinite-Ca  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Groutite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Moolooite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)069
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3053
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cupropearceite  (*)Polybasite[Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]07
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gmelinite-Ca  (*)GmeliniteCa2(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O020
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)072
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4051
Moolooite  (*)OxalateCu(C2O4)·nH2O011
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O0105
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O0189
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3089



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X060015Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/X060015


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