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Locality Name:
Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.03

mindat Locality ID: 19372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Navoiy, Uzbekistan": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ajtyn Au Deposit
Bukantau Mts
Central Kyzylkum Region
Kokpatas Village
Okzhetpes Ag-Au Deposit
Sugraly U Deposit
Uchkuduk Area

Latitude: 42°5'42"N
Longitude: 63°56'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.095,63.935
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 Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O P S U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamite
AutuniteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteColumbiteConnellite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiamondDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteLöllingite
LepidocrociteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeta-autuniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePavonitePentlanditePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStraczekiteSulphur
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTourmalineTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianiteVolborthiteWarditeWavelliteZircon

138 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassetite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coconinoite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Connellite  (*)Corvusite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Doloresite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eucairite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldmanite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Häggite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ingodite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Kyzylkumite  (*)Lenoblite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Ningyoite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saléeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tsnigriite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Vyacheslavite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2972203294475,294491,2944922793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)228622012944923419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS2972203294475,294491,29449387
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2972208294465,294467,294471,294480,294492,294493,294501,2945028803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)328327912945022353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2862201294492489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63592521294497966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO26623.0312944842162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23294465,294467,2944803092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12944783250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3592209294466,294467,294468,294475,294480,294491,294492,294493,2944979052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)33592521294497544
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O93.989.82294470,2945031272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3592522294497,29450311547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10129447051
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1828327912945024286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2972202294492,2944931966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32972202294492,2944931935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111294480843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33592202294493,2944971089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb3592521294497175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29723.037294465,294478,294482,294484,294492,294493,29449927770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6129447591
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12944701184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228327912945025171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2972203294470,294472,2944915707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22972203294491,294492,29449327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2862203294482,294492,2944932600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2972201294493281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2862201294492966
Coconinoite  (*)NoneFe3+2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2·20H2O93.923.0309
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O28623.032294484,294492566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62832791294502518
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O3592521294497295
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O359252129449779
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2972203294470,294472,2944914165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61294496310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O359252129449760
Diamond  (*)DiamondC2802721294463697
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S82972202294475,294491126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42862201294492651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)283.66612944999895
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4129447023
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2832791294502520
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe129447554
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12944962740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF228622012944929617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122972202294475,294491663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3592203294491,294492,29449724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3592525294478,294496,294497,294501,2945037437
Gold  (*)CopperAu35922010294465,294466,294467,294468,294475,294491,294492,294493,294497,29450130554
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3129450131
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61294496173
Graphite  (*)NoneC2862203294467,294480,2944922812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S62862201294492113
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)3129447017
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te32862201294492104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O383.6662294499,29450314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2972203294475,294491,294492804
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3297220129449354
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O328623.033294463,294484,2944925433
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS297220129449330
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142972201294493784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635923.033294484,294497,2945012228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS283.6661294499102
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S2972202294492,29449386
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)46623.0312944845591
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se2972202294492,29449332
Kyzylkumite  (*)NoneTi2V3+O5(OH)12944713
Lenoblite  (*)NoneV4+2O4·2H2O35925212944975
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3592521294497581
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23592521294497762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46623.03129448414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2359252129449712537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi297220129449388
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2286662294492,2944995674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1294470388
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS2862201294482255
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22972202294475,294493300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2862202294492,2945024924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS29722012944911066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22972202294492,2944935800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O6623.0312944841508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)228623.036294465,294467,294480,294484,294492,29450217380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2972203294475,294491,294493192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3592521294497633
Ningyoite  (*)Rhabdophane(U,Ca,Ce)2(PO4)2·1-2H2O83.6663294470,294472,29449933
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O83.623.033294478,294484,2944992994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)6623.0312944842349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S282972202294475,29449189
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2862201294492767
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S5286220129449272
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S828622012944921512
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3286220129449257
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2972203294475,294491,294493716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32972202294475,2944911425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235923.0315294465,294467,294470,294471,294472,294475,294480,294482,294484,294491,294492,294493,294497,294499,29450339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23592523294478,294497,2945033106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83592206294465,294475,294491,294492,294493,2944979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229723.0314294465,294467,294470,294471,294472,294480,294482,294484,294492,294493,294496,294499,294501,29450261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO228323.033294471,294484,2945025614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10129447095
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3592206294475,294480,294491,294492,294493,2944974894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35925212944971153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe83.623.032294484,294499143
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S43592521294497249
Silver  (*)CopperAg3592203294475,294491,2944975186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3592208294470,294472,294475,294480,294491,294492,294493,29449721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O428027212944631934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62832791294502688
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41294475586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)3592521294497446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33592205294480,294482,294492,294493,2944973418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2972201294491156
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2972202294475,294491332
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)6623.031294484589
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S297220129449313
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42972201294491337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32972202294492,294493276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2862201294492510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132972202294475,2944915317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)28622012944921006
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe286220129448283
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O359252129449719
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O93.989.812945031059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)228622012944922562
Tsnigriite  (*)NoneAg9SbTe3S312944754
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe2972202294492,294493100
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3294470,294479,294501484
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2972202294492,294493293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO283.623.032294484,2944992718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O83.6661294499890
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O6623.033294470,294484,294496301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O6623.031294484636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O2294501,294503155
Vyacheslavite  (*)NoneU4+(PO4)(OH)2294470,2944728
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O3592521294497374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)28622012944925251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00001029Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Described as an ore body that is rich in U with contents in the tenths of a percent range. Ore is extracted by bulk mining methods.
Giersdorf_00001030Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Ore is described as lean and is extracted exclusively by underground leaching.
Giersdorf_00001031Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Described as an ore body that is rich in U with contents in the tenths of a percent range. Ore is extracted by bulk mining methods.
Giersdorf_00001032Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Ore is described as lean and is extracted exclusively by underground leaching.


11 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-0324280272276 ± 4 Age of granite 3    233660Karashoho Pipe, Bukantau Mts, Navoiy, UzbekistanKarashohoSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
Hg-00123286220 Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar     Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, TiemanniteHg189467Kul'dzhuk Deposit, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Wilde et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.3.633EG96_633 
Giersdorf_000010326623.03Paleogene       U208294Beshkak U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanBeshkak-Lyavlyakan DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Paleogene
Giersdorf_0000103089.883.6Coniacian       U208295Bukinai U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanBukinay DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Coniacian-Santonian
Alexandra-0325238234236 ± 2U–PbAge of porphyry dykezirconSG-10  Zircon  224651Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanMuruntauSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
Mo-00476297233 K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd     MolybdeniteMo224651Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Kempe et al. (2001)10.1007/s001260100156MD36_379 
Hg-00097286220 Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar     CinnabarHg47384Muruntau Mine, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Wilde et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.3.633EG96_633 
Alexandra-0092359252Carboniferous - Permian (?) Geological age      209873Kokpatas Au-W Deposit, Kokpatas Village, Navoiy, UzbekistanKokpatas Au-W DepositGoldfarb et al. (2014)10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.002GR25_48 
Giersdorf_0000103183.666Campanian-Maatrichtian       U194848Sugraly U Deposit, Navoiy, UzbekistanSugraly DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Campanian-Maastrichtian
Giersdorf_0000102993.989.8Turonian       U219738Uchkuduk Area, Navoiy, UzbekistanUchkuduk DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Turonian
Alexandra-0323283279281 ±2 Age of granite 400900    214654Altyntau Granite Pluton, Uchkuduk Area, Navoiy, UzbekistanAltyntauSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 

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