Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 303.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 292.5

mindat Locality ID: 171339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°1'8"N
Longitude: 75°8'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.018888888889,75.135

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	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Stibnite
Topaz

Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gearksutite ()*	Helvine ()*	Koechlinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prosopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sellaite ()*
Topaz ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Stibnite
Topaz

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	303.1	292.5	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	303.1	292.5	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	303.1	292.5	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	303.1	292.5	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	303.1	292.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	303.1	292.5	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	303.1	292.5	4135
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	303.1	292.5	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	303.1	292.5	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	303.1	292.5	9617
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	303.1	292.5	68
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	303.1	292.5	237
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	303.1	292.5	39
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	303.1	292.5	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	303.1	292.5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	303.1	292.5	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	303.1	292.5	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	303.1	292.5	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	303.1	292.5	494
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	303.1	292.5	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	303.1	292.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	303.1	292.5	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	303.1	292.5	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	303.1	292.5	4894
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	303.1	292.5	46
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	303.1	292.5	1476

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00379	302.4	293.4	297.9±4.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080910-11(1)	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	171339	East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	East Kounrad greisen W-Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115
Mo-00380	302.3	293.5	297.9±4.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080910-11(2)	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	171339	East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	East Kounrad greisen W-Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115
Mo-00381	303.1	292.5	297.8±5.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080910-11(3)	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	171339	East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	East Kounrad greisen W-Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115
Mo-00382	302.5	294.3	298.4±4.1	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080910-11(3)	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	171339	East Kounrad Mo-W Deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	East Kounrad greisen W-Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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