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Locality Name:
Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 273.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 267

mindat Locality ID: 19841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osh, Kyrgyzstan": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alai Range (Alay Range)
Aravan District
Turkestan Range
Zeravshan Range

Latitude: 40°16'18"N
Longitude: 71°57'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.271666666667,71.956666666667
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 C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAstrophyllite
BaddeleyiteBaotiteBaratoviteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGalkhaiteGeocroniteGraftonite
GypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKlebelsbergiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMonaziteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOlivineOrpimentPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteSteacyiteStibniteSulphurTaranakite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTridymiteTyroliteVolborthiteWagneriteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

136 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aktashite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Astrophyllite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)Baotite  (*)
Baratovite  (*)Barylite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beusite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Byzantievite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Chursinite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Francevillite  (*)Galena  (*)Galkhaite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Getchellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gruzdevite  (*)
Guettardite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)
Hypercinnabar  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Klebelsbergite  (*)Kolovratite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Kuznetsovite  (*)Laffittite  (*)
Laptevite-(Ce)  (*)Laumontite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Miserite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montroydite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Poyarkovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tangeite  (*)Taranakite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Terlinguaite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Thorutite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Turanite  (*)Turkestanite  (*)Tvalchrelidzeite  (*)
Twinnite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Velikite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Wakabayashilite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6377928,77930,779451022
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12273.426717791422
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)477928,77930,77944,779458803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O273.4267177914470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6273.4267177914966
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1779421036
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb273.4267277914,77922363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)273.4267277914,779223250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs273.4267177914379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS273.42671779149052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F277930,77945161
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2273.42671779145509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2177944238
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F217793016
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl17793027
Baratovite  (*)BaratoviteKLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12F21779283
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O717793033
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)273.4267677914,77922,77934,77937,77938,7794411547
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)217794239
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4273.42671779145516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11273.4267177914843
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6177934248
Byzantievite  (*)Not in a structural groupBa5(Ca,REE,Y)22(Ti,Nb)18(SiO4)4[(PO4),(SiO4)]4(BO3)9O22[(OH),F]43(H2O)1.51779302
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)273.4267777914,77915,77919,77922,77934,77937,7794427770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl273.426717791491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21779235171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)273.42671779141252
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4273.4267277914,77922352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2273.4267277914,7792227198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)273.426717791431
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O273.42671779143531
Chursinite  (*)NoneHg1+Hg2+(AsO4)273.42671779144
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS273.4267277914,779222600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)273.4267277914,77937363
Copper  (*)CopperCu273.42671779143846
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2273.426717791416
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS273.42671779144165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O273.42671779142970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)177937378
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4273.4267277914,77922651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2273.4267377914,77922,779449895
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)273.426717791436
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4273.4267177914910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1779302740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2273.4267677912,77914,77917,77922,77930,779349617
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O17793743
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS273.4267377914,77922,7793424243
Galkhaite  (*)Galkhaite Tetrahedrite(Hg5Cu)CsAs4S12273.426717791413
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O273.426717791468
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23273.4267177914133
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS3273.4267277914,7791919
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)273.4267277914,779227437
Gold  (*)CopperAu273.4267277914,7792330554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS273.4267177914717
Gruzdevite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3Sb4S12273.42671779145
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4273.426717791413
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O273.4267277914,779226890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O273.4267177914409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3273.426717791414640
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19273.426717791438
Hypercinnabar  (*)NoneHgS273.42671779144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31779445433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14273.4267177914784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6273.42671779142228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2273.4267277914,77922230
Klebelsbergite  (*)KlebelsbergiteSb3+4O4(SO4)(OH)2273.426717791416
Kolovratite  (*)None(Ni,Zn)x(VO4)·nH2O1779253
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O17794219
Kuznetsovite  (*)NoneHg1+2Hg2+(AsO4)Cl273.42671779144
Laffittite  (*)RocksaltAgHgAsS3273.42671779145
Laptevite-(Ce)  (*)NoneNaFe2+(REE7Ca5Y3)(SiO4)4(Si3B2PO18)(BO3)F111779452
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1779371271
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)2273.426717791424
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4273.4267477912,77914,77922,7794414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2273.4267277914,7793712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2273.4267277914,779225674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O273.4267277914,77922915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg273.4267177914397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS273.4267177914255
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3273.4267277914,7792287
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O177937129
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)377934,77944,779454924
Miserite  (*)NoneK1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5[Si6O15][Si2O7](OH,F)2·yH2O17792814
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)177944945
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO273.426717791429
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)177937362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2273.4267577914,77922,77934,77941,7794217380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6273.4267177914128
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)377930,77934,77944884
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)273.4267177914492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3273.4267277914,77922511
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21779442273
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17273.4267177914100
Poyarkovite  (*)NoneHg3OCl273.42671779145
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273.4267377914,77922,7794439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2273.42671779143106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81779449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2273.42671277912,77914,77915,77922,77923,77924,77928,77930,77937,77941,77942,7794561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS273.4267277914,77922712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21779445614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)273.4267277914,779234894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O273.42671779141153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3273.4267277914,77922179
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)3273.42671779148
Silver  (*)CopperAg273.42671779145186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS273.4267277914,7792221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4273.4267177914668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)273.4267277914,77922446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3273.4267577910,77914,77917,77922,779243418
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O1779198
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS273.42671779142045
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)377937,77938,7793960
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O17793657
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13273.42671779141803
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl273.426717791422
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13273.42671779145317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)277934,779441006
Thorutite  (*)Brannerite(Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)617793410
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O277930,779444899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2273.42671779141476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)277941,77942313
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4273.426717791466
Turanite  (*)NoneCu2+5(VO4)2(OH)41779373
Turkestanite  (*)Steacyite(K,   )(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20·nH2O1779309
Tvalchrelidzeite  (*)NoneHg3SbAsS3273.42671779146
Twinnite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4273.426717791416
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O273.4267177914245
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O277937,77939628
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3273.4267277914,77922369
Velikite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2HgSnS4273.42671779145
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O177937155
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F277941,7794261
Wakabayashilite  (*)None(As,Sb)6As4S14273.426717791416
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS273.4267177914372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42273.4267177914228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)377930,77934,779445251


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
Hg-00042273.4267 Ar-Ar     AktashiteHg5489Chauvai (Chauvay) Sb-Hg Deposit, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan Pirajno et al. (2009); Dobretsov et al. (2010)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070232Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Aravan District, Osh, Kyrgyzstanhttps://rruff.info/R070232
R060456Karasu Granite Pegmatite, Turkestan Range, Osh, Kyrgyzstanhttps://rruff.info/R060456

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