Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

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) ()*

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:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	292.1	285	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	292.1	285	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	292.1	285	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	292.1	285	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	292.1	285	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	292.1	285	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	292.1	285	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	292.1	285	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	292.1	285	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	292.1	285	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	292.1	285	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	292.1	285	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	292.1	285	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	292.1	285	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	292.1	285	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	292.1	285	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	292.1	285	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	292.1	285	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	292.1	285	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	292.1	285	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	292.1	285	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	292.1	285	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	292.1	285	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	292.1	285	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	292.1	285	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	292.1	285	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	292.1	285	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	292.1	285	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	292.1	285	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	292.1	285	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	292.1	285	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	292.1	285	5317

2 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_204-00009	285	285	285	Rb-Sr										144085	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	Sarbulak	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204
	JAES32_204-00010	292.1	292.1	292.1	Rb-Sr										144085	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	Sarbulak	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204

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