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Locality Name:
Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 186859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Tl 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Tl 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzStibniteTetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurostibite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprostibite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2372359073
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372359027198
Cuprostibite  (*)NoneCu2(Sb,Tl)372359015
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123723590663
Gold  (*)CopperAu372359030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143723590784
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2372359039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2372359061156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S337235903418



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
sedznpb-00288372359Late Devonian |(late Famennian)        186859Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, KazakhstanBestyubeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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