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Locality Name:
Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 427
Youngest recorded age at locality: 357.6

mindat Locality ID: 185521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Batamshinsk Ore Field
Kamennyi Kobchik Occurrence
Main Ore Field
Stepninsk Ore Field
Tagashasai Ore Field

Latitude: 50°39'59"N
Longitude: 58°7'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.666388888889,58.116666666667
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 Ba C Ca Ce Co Cr F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HydrotalciteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneRutileSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aspidolite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chromite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ernienickelite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gaspéite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jaipurite  (*)
Jamborite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Népouite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Orcelite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Potassic-pargasite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)427357.603250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O427357.6177141143
Aspidolite  (*)Mica ClayNaMg3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2427357.617714211
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2427357.617714194
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4427357.6377140,77142,771433902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6427357.61771424135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6427357.6177142944
Ernienickelite  (*)NoneNiMn4+3O7·3H2O427357.61771416
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F427357.602740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)427357.61771421188
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)427357.6022
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O427357.606890
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16427357.6177141243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3427357.61771405433
Jaipurite  (*)NickelineCoS427357.606
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]427357.6032
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2427357.6177141210
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4427357.60311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)427357.601487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4427357.6014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8427357.60161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS427357.61771421066
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4427357.6066
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O427357.60471
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)427357.6036
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2427357.60313
Potassic-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2427357.609
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2427357.603106
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O427357.61771404899
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3427357.6177142212


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Alexandra-0078western part
Alexandra-0079Diamond Pearl mine
Alexandra-0080Diamond Pearl mine


4 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
Alexandra-0077427394427-394Sm-NdAge of rock      185521Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, KazakhstanKempirsai massifMelcher et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050202MD34_250 
Alexandra-0078377.6374.4376 ± 1.6Rb-SrAge of rockamphibole, phlogopite, apatite     185521Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, KazakhstanKempirsai massifMelcher et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050202MD34_250 
Alexandra-0079394.6376.2385.4 ± 9.2Ar-ArAge of rockamphibole     185521Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, KazakhstanKempirsai massifMelcher et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050202MD34_250 
Alexandra-0080373.6357.6365.6 ± 8Ar-ArAge of rockamphibole     185521Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, KazakhstanKempirsai massifMelcher et al. (1999)10.1007/s001260050202MD34_250 

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