Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Suo'erkuduke Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Suorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit; Sorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit; Xorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 288.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 284.3

mindat Locality ID: 144084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suo'erkuduke Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Suorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit; Sorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit; Xorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°44'51"N
Longitude: 88°45'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.7475,88.755833333333

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Marcasite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Marcasite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

16 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	288.3	284.3	3419
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	288.3	284.3	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	288.3	284.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	288.3	284.3	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	288.3	284.3	3531
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	288.3	284.3	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	288.3	284.3	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	288.3	284.3	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	288.3	284.3	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	288.3	284.3	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	288.3	284.3	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	288.3	284.3	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	288.3	284.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	288.3	284.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	288.3	284.3	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	288.3	284.3	21482

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
	JAES32_204-00002	288.3	284.3	284.3 to 288.3	Rb-Sr										144084	Suo'erkuduke Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Suorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit; Sorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit; Xorkuduk Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Xorkuduk	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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