Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kuraminskii Range, Sughd, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 19366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuraminskii Range, Sughd, Tajikistan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altyn-Topkan Ore Field
Shaidan Massif

Latitude: 40°37'59"N
Longitude: 69°36'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.633055555556,69.604166666667

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Garnet	Ilvaite	Kobellite	Linarite	Monazite	None	Polybasite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	Crocoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nasledovite ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schapbachite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Thorite ()*
Troilite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Al Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn N Nb O Pb S Sb Si Te Th Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite
Garnet Ilvaite Kobellite Linarite Monazite None Polybasite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	352	252	1	115612	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	352	252	1	115612	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	352	252	1	115612	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	352	252	1	115612	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	115613	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	352	252	1	115612	27198
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	None	YNbO₄			1	115615	17
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	352	252	1	115612	81
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	352	252	1	115612	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	352	252	1	115612	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	352	252	2	115612,115615	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂			1	115615	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	352	252	1	115612	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	352	252	1	115612	192
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	352	252	1	115612	717
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	352	252	1	115612	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	352	252	1	115612	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	352	252	1	115612	197
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	352	252	1	115612	73
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	352	252	1	115612	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	352	252	1	115612	14899
Nasledovite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	PbMn²⁺₃Al₄O₅(SO₄)(CO₃)₄·5H₂O			1	115613	2
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	352	252	1	115612	46
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	352	252	1	115612	716
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	115613	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	352	252	1	115612	61156
Schapbachite ()*	Rocksalt	Ag_0.4Pb_0.2Bi_0.4S	352	252	1	115612	14
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	352	252	1	115612	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	352	252	1	115612	276
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	115615	1006
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	352	252	1	115612	1044
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	352	252	1	115612	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	352	252	1	115612	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	115615	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00425	352	252	Late Paleozoic											23723	Altyn Topkan Mine, Altyn-Topkan Ore Field, Kuraminskii Range, Sughd, Tajikistan	Altyn-Topkan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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