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Locality Name:
Akchatau (Aqshatau; Akschatau; Akchataul; Akshatau), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 192549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akchatau (Aqshatau; Akschatau; Akchataul; Akshatau), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Akchatau Mine
Tulagai Pb-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 47°58'55"N
Longitude: 74°2'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.981944444444,74.044444444444
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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFluoriteMeneghiniteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteStibniteTopazZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferripyrophyllite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Gladite  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)
Krupkaite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pekoite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3177398315
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2177398606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181773984286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1773981966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31773981935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17739827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21773985171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217739827198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5177398344
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O17739848
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)177398551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O177398345
Ferripyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteFe3+Si2O5(OH)1773999
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1773982740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21773989617
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1817739843
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17739824243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S917739867
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S917739843
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)17739857
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S617739880
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1517739838
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21773985800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217739817380
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S1817739839
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2277398,7739939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2277398,7739961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1773984894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17739821482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21773981476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1773985251


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