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Locality Name:
Saindak Cu Deposit (Saindaq), Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19

mindat Locality ID: 206908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saindak Cu Deposit (Saindaq), Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°16'14"N
Longitude: 61°35'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.270555555556,61.584444444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	19	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	19	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	19	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	19	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	19	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	23	19	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	23	19	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	19	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	19	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	19	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	19	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	23	19	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	23	19	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	19	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	19	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	19	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	23	19	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	19	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	19	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	19	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	19	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	19	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	23	19	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	19	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	19	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	19	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	19	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	19	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	23	19	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	19	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	19	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	19	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	19	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	19	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	19	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	23	19	3337
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	23	19	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	19	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00516	23	19	23–19									Actinolite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Neotocite	Cu	206908	Saindak Cu Deposit (Saindaq), Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	Saindak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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