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Locality Name:
Sarbulak Au Deposit (Saerbulake Au Deposit; Shaerbulake Au Deposit), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 292.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 285

mindat Locality ID: 144085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarbulak Au Deposit (Saerbulake Au Deposit; Shaerbulake Au 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: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)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)292.128508803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2292.128503092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS292.128509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)292.1285011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4292.128505516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11292.12850843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)292.1285027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2292.128505171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S292.128505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2292.1285027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2292.128509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)292.12850648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)292.128508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS292.1285024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)292.128507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu292.1285030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC292.128502812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3292.1285014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3292.128505433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4292.128505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4292.1285014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2292.128505800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O292.128501508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2292.1285017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)292.128502349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2292.1285039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8292.128509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2292.1285061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)292.128504894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O292.128501153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS292.1285021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13292.128505317



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
JAES32_204-00009285285285Rb-Sr       144085Sarbulak Au Deposit (Saerbulake Au Deposit; Shaerbulake Au Deposit), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaSarbulakZhang et al. (2008)10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005JAES32_204 
JAES32_204-00010292.1292.1292.1Rb-Sr       144085Sarbulak Au Deposit (Saerbulake Au Deposit; Shaerbulake Au Deposit), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaSarbulakZhang et al. (2008)10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005JAES32_204 


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