Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Sokh Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan

mindat Locality ID: 159313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sokh Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kalacha Hg Deposit
Khodzhaachkan Massif
Upper Khodzhaachkan River
Urusai Peak
Zardalek Alkaline Massif

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.

Apatite	Astrophyllite	Baotite	Baratovite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Steacyite	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Bafertisite ()*	Baotite ()*
Baratovite ()*	Barylite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Byzantievite ()*
Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*
Miserite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Quartz ()*	Thorite ()*
Thorutite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turkestanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Astrophyllite Baotite Baratovite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Steacyite Titanite Tridymite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	77928,77930	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	77928,77930	8803
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	77930	161
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	1	77930	16
Baotite ()*	Baotite	Ba₄(Ti,Nb,W)₈O₁₆(SiO₃)₄Cl	1	77930	27
Baratovite ()*	Baratovite	KLi₃Ca₇Ti₂(SiO₃)₁₂F₂	1	77928	3
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	1	77930	33
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	77934	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	77934	248
Byzantievite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba₅(Ca,REE,Y)₂₂(Ti,Nb)₁₈(SiO₄)₄[(PO₄),(SiO₄)]₄(BO₃)₉O₂₂[(OH),F]₄₃(H₂O)_1.5	1	77930	2
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	77934	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	77930	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	77930,77934	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	77934	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	77934	4924
Miserite ()*	None	K_1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)₅[Si₆O₁₅][Si₂O₇](OH,F)₂·yH₂O	1	77928	14
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	77934	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	77930,77934	884
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	77928,77930	61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	77934	1006
Thorutite ()*	Brannerite	(Th,U,Ca)Ti₂(O,OH)₆	1	77934	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	77930	4899
Turkestanite ()*	Steacyite	(K, )(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀·nH₂O	1	77930	9
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	77930,77934	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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