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Locality Name:
Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 416
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 18440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Basaral Occurrence

Latitude: 45°41'40"N
Longitude: 81°52'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.694444444444,81.869444444444
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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo N Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo N Na O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBerylBetpakdaliteCalciteFluoriteMeta-autuniteMolybdeniteNatroautunite
NoneOrpimentPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTyrolite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bearsite  (*)Beryl  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chistyakovaite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Galena  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)Trögerite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uramarsite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O4163590194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS41635909052
Bearsite  (*)NoneBe2(AsO4)(OH)·4H2O41635902
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1841635904286
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]416359015
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)41635917716927770
Chistyakovaite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(AsO4)2F·6.5H2O41635901
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)4163590363
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS416359024243
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O416359042
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O4163590443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O4163590182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS241635905800
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O416359013
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S34163590511
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O4163590428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2416359039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO241635917716961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS4163590712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O41635901153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS416359021482
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O4163591771698
Trögerite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O416359022
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O4163590245
Uramarsite  (*)Meta-autunite(NH4)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O41635903
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO241635902718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O4163590890


1 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
Mo-00160416359 ?-? Host rock     Betpakdalite-CaCa, MolybdeniteMo18440Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan Chukanov et al. (2006)10.1134/S1028334X06020310DES407_290 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070024Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R070024
R061122Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R061122
R070046Basaral Occurrence, Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R070046

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