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Locality Name:
Bozshakol Mine, Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 628
Youngest recorded age at locality: 477

mindat Locality ID: 205985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bozshakol Mine, Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°50'48"N
Longitude: 74°17'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.846666666667,74.291111111111
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePrehnitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
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)48147708803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe4814770489
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)34814770544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)248147705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)628477011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S348147701935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS448147705516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)648147701633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)628477027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4814770925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S48147705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2481477027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48147704165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34814770802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)48147708173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248147709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS481477024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)48147707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu481477030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O48147706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3628477014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te4814770804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)448147705591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S46284770249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)4814770451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O46284770229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4481477014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2481477012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS248147705674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS262850805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2628477017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S848147701512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)248147701898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2481477039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S848147709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2628477061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg48147705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS481477021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe46284770337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1348147701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1348147705317


2 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-00422628508568±60Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo205985Bozshakol Mine, Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, KazakhstanBozshakol'Degtyarev and Ryazantsev (2007)   
PorphCu-00330481477481–477      Albite, Altaite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hessite, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu205985Bozshakol Mine, Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, KazakhstanBoshchekulSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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