Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kensu Mine, Issyk-Kul Oblast (Ysyk-Köl Oblast), Kyrgyzstan

mindat Locality ID: 299477
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299477.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kensu Mine, Issyk-Kul Oblast (Ysyk-Köl Oblast), Kyrgyzstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Danburite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Humite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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