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Locality Name:
Taldy-Bulak Cu-Au Deposit (Levoberezhnyy), Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 448
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 47606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47606.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taldy-Bulak Cu-Au Deposit (Levoberezhnyy), Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°42'0"N
Longitude: 75°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.7,75.649722222222
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 Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaolinite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTopaz

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)44840008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44840009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)448400011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2448400027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)44840008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF244840009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS448400024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu448400030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)444840005591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS244840005800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O44840001508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2448400017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2448400039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2448400061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS448400021482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F244840001476


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-00105448400440±8 – 400      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, PyriteCu47606Taldy-Bulak Cu-Au Deposit (Levoberezhnyy), Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, KyrgyzstanTaldy-BulakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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